Pasta Cutter Wheel

Ravioli- Cook for 4 to 9 minutes

Ravioli are a type of pasta comprising a filling enveloped in thin pasta dough. Usually served in broth or with a sauce, they originated as a traditional food in Italian cuisine. Ravioli are commonly square, though other forms are also used, including circular and semi-circular

Spinach Ravioli with Ricotta Cheese Filling in Tomato Cream Sauce

Homemade ravioli with spinach and ricotta cheese filling, smothered in a creamy tomato sauce.  Learn how to make ravioli dough from scratch, how to shape ravioli, what filling to use and what sauce to make.   Detailed instructions and step-by-step photos to show you how to make the ravioli with spinach and ricotta cheese filling at home!

Here is how to use Ravioli mould:

1) dust the working tray with flour

2) lay a thin layer of pastry on the tray

3) press in the holes

4) fill the holes with the filling, without overfilling

5) cover with another layer of ravioli dough, which should lay flat all the way across the mould

6) using the rolling pins or your fingers, press, close and cut the ravioli

7) overturn the tray to let the ravioli come out

Tortellini – Cook for 4 to 9 minutes.

Tortellini are ring-shaped pasta originally from the Italian region of Emilia. They are sometimes also described as “navel shaped”, hence their alternative name of “belly button”, and bear a strong resemblance to a large wonton

Cheese Tortellini in Garlic Butter Sauce

An easy, delicious recipe for Cheese Tortellini in garlic butter sauce. Whether you want a hot appetizer for a party or a tasty, comforting weeknight meal option, double the batch because everyone is going to love it! Use refrigerated or frozen cheese tortellini; either way, it’s ready in 15 minutes or less!

cheese tortellini

chicken broth

dried basil

Agnolotti – Cook for 4 to 7 minutes.

Agnolotti is a type of pasta typical of the Piedmont region of Italy, made with small pieces of flattened pasta dough, folded over a filling of roasted meat or vegetables. Agnolotti is the plural form of the Italian word agnolotto.

Agnolotti with Brown Butter & Sage

This is a classic Italian agnolotti recipe that normally uses chicken or rabbit for the filling; feel free to use these meats. Serve this filled pasta with a simple brown butter, sage and some nuts

Quail Meat

sherry wine

ricotta cheese

tarragon

pine nuts

sage leaves

Maultasche

Maultaschen is a traditional German dish that originated in the region of Swabia. It consists of an outer-layer of pasta dough which encloses a filling traditionally consisting of minced meat, smoked meat, spinach, bread crumbs and onions and flavored with various herbs and spices

German Swabian Maultaschen Pocket Ravioli

Ground nutmeg

Cappelletti – Cook for 3 to 7 minutes.

Squares of dough filled with cheese (or, rarely, meat) and closed to form a small hat (cappello=hat). In the large majority of Romagna the filling is made by a mixture of parmesan and soft cheese.

Cappelletti in Duck Broth

Both the pasta and the broth take some time to make, but each can be made separately, stored and brought together when needed. If you plan on making this all in one day, do it on a weekend. Serve this either as a light dinner or as an elegant combination of a soup and pasta course in a larger meal, ideally right before a main course or meat or fish. Vegetarians, you can make this recipe with a mushroom broth instead of a meat broth and it will be every bit as good.

rosemary sprig

juniper berries

dried mushrooms

Mezzelune

Mezzelune, also known as Schlutzkrapfen in South Tyrol, Tyrol, and neighbouring German-speaking regions, are a semi-circular stuffed pasta, similar to ravioli or pierogi. The dough is usually made of white flour or buckwheat flour, durum semolina, mixed with eggs and olive oil

Taleggio and Walnut Mezzelune with Parmigiano Reggiano Fondue

The recipe for a delicious Italian stuffed pasta: Taleggio and Walnut Mezzelune with Parmigiano Reggiano Fondue.

Taleggio

walnuts

Parmigiano Reggiano

Mezzaluna – Cook for 14 to 16 minutes.

Half moon shaped egg pasta that is small in size and stuffed with any of a variety of ingredients. Initially made as a round circle that is folded over and sealed around the edges, Mezzaluna pasta may have fillings such as meat, cheese, fish, herbs, spinach greens, squash, or other similar foods and topped with a cream sauce.

Chicken Mezzaluna

wonton wrappers

Italian seasoning

dry white wine

provolone cheese

* Not enough time or confidence for making pasta dough?  Try using wonton wrappers rather than make your own dough, for a great shortcut.

Pansotti

Triangular shape with a bulging center, does not contain meat

Pansotti with Walnut Sauce

Try this delicious filling and sauce with your favorite homemade pasta recipe. Pansotti, meaning ‘pot bellied’ in Italian, is a triangular shaped stuffed ravioli

marjoram leaves

Nutmeg