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Make your own delicious ravioli at home. Use Norpro's Ravioli Maker with Press to make up to 12 raviolis at a time, measuring 1.5 inches unfilled and 1 inch filled. Package includes easy to follow recipes for pasta dough and meat filled ravioli.
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181 of 187 people found the following review helpful
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Making ravioli, in my limited experience, is not easy. It takes care, attention to detail, and good tools.
Oh, and lots of time!
I am pretty far from perfecting my technique, and I still get frustrated with the process (sometimes to the point of literally screaming in the kitchen).
If you feel you're up for the challenge, though, you could do much worse that purchasing one of these to help make the process a little easier.
I've used other tools, and this is the best and quickest (where "quick" is a relative term).
Here are a handful of pointers so maybe you can learn a little from my mistakes:
- be careful not to roll your dough too thin or it won't have the stretching room it will need
- don't make it too dry either or it won't have the flexibility it needs when you're working it
- both of the above are totally subjective, so you'll have to experiment to get it right (and here lies one frustration factor)
- flour the side of the dough well where it touches the metal tray or the pressed ravioli will not release (more frustration)
- be thoughtful about rolling it to the proper width so that it will fit properly on the metal tray of the press while also not wasting loads of your lovely fresh dough
- air inside ravioli is bad. it will cause them to burst while boiling.
So...
- fill the indentations with enough filling so that the top surface (pasta and filling) across the metal tray is as level as possible before you brush with egg wash and lay on the top dough layer. This will help minimize the amount of air you will get inside the sealed ravioli
- lay the top layer of dough down gently working from one end or edge to the other and pressing down as you go so that you eliminate as much air as possible from between the layers
- after you've rolled over the tray to separate the individual ravioli, you may want/need to do a final quick check on some or all of the ravioli to press out any remaining air. I use a toothpick to prick a little hole near one corner, and then work from the opposite corner to press out air and firm up the seal on each little packet.
finally! you might think you've worked hard enough by now, but while you're going through tray after tray, trying to work quickly before your dough dries out, you might get busted at the end unless you do the following...
- be careful about the moisture level in your filling! if it is too wet, the dough on your completed ravioli will get soggy while you are working on the rest, and this may result in things sticking together when you least want them to right as you are finally about to toss them into the gently boiling water (never a rolling boil, because that will either burst the ravioli, or cook them on the otside before they're finished on the inside).
- add breadcrumbs to filling to adjust moisture level (more experimentation)
- flour the outside of each finished ravioli thoroughly. if you get too much flour in your cooking water, you can always change it out for fresh water, but you can't fix two or more ravioli that have formed a tragic sticky glob of glued together raw ingredients.
That's about it. The product itself is great. The process gets easier with lots of practice.
I'm thinking there's a reason why ravioli recipes (and techniques) are the sort of thing that get passed down from generation to generation, because it ain't easy coming up with the whole thing from scratch (or from a book).
Oh, and lots of time!
I am pretty far from perfecting my technique, and I still get frustrated with the process (sometimes to the point of literally screaming in the kitchen).
If you feel you're up for the challenge, though, you could do much worse that purchasing one of these to help make the process a little easier.
I've used other tools, and this is the best and quickest (where "quick" is a relative term).
Here are a handful of pointers so maybe you can learn a little from my mistakes:
- be careful not to roll your dough too thin or it won't have the stretching room it will need
- don't make it too dry either or it won't have the flexibility it needs when you're working it
- both of the above are totally subjective, so you'll have to experiment to get it right (and here lies one frustration factor)
- flour the side of the dough well where it touches the metal tray or the pressed ravioli will not release (more frustration)
- be thoughtful about rolling it to the proper width so that it will fit properly on the metal tray of the press while also not wasting loads of your lovely fresh dough
- air inside ravioli is bad. it will cause them to burst while boiling.
So...
- fill the indentations with enough filling so that the top surface (pasta and filling) across the metal tray is as level as possible before you brush with egg wash and lay on the top dough layer. This will help minimize the amount of air you will get inside the sealed ravioli
- lay the top layer of dough down gently working from one end or edge to the other and pressing down as you go so that you eliminate as much air as possible from between the layers
- after you've rolled over the tray to separate the individual ravioli, you may want/need to do a final quick check on some or all of the ravioli to press out any remaining air. I use a toothpick to prick a little hole near one corner, and then work from the opposite corner to press out air and firm up the seal on each little packet.
finally! you might think you've worked hard enough by now, but while you're going through tray after tray, trying to work quickly before your dough dries out, you might get busted at the end unless you do the following...
- be careful about the moisture level in your filling! if it is too wet, the dough on your completed ravioli will get soggy while you are working on the rest, and this may result in things sticking together when you least want them to right as you are finally about to toss them into the gently boiling water (never a rolling boil, because that will either burst the ravioli, or cook them on the otside before they're finished on the inside).
- add breadcrumbs to filling to adjust moisture level (more experimentation)
- flour the outside of each finished ravioli thoroughly. if you get too much flour in your cooking water, you can always change it out for fresh water, but you can't fix two or more ravioli that have formed a tragic sticky glob of glued together raw ingredients.
That's about it. The product itself is great. The process gets easier with lots of practice.
I'm thinking there's a reason why ravioli recipes (and techniques) are the sort of thing that get passed down from generation to generation, because it ain't easy coming up with the whole thing from scratch (or from a book).
159 of 164 people found the following review helpful
I bought this ravioli maker from[...] (for faster shipping). I also bought The Pasta Bible for recipes to use with the ravioli maker. I used it and, although making the dough and rolling it out can be difficult, the ravioli maker makes ravioli very easily. You just roll out the dough, place over the base (with the holes), use the other piece to make pockets, insert your fillings, brush with water/egg white, place the 2nd dough on top, and use a rolling pin on it to break up the pieces. They should then just easily push out.
But live and learn -- make sure you grease the ravioli maker every single time you do a new set! Our first set was almost impossible to get off the maker and they looked deformed, but our 2nd set looked perfect after we sprayed the maker with cooking spray.
But live and learn -- make sure you grease the ravioli maker every single time you do a new set! Our first set was almost impossible to get off the maker and they looked deformed, but our 2nd set looked perfect after we sprayed the maker with cooking spray.
119 of 125 people found the following review helpful
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I recently had gotten a Villaware Pasta set for my birthday. One of the main reasons was the ravioli press. What a disaster that was. then I thought hmm, I'll try this. what a delight. I made up about 130 ravioli yesterday. It works great. I would like to mention to make sure you liberally flour it before laying on the dough so they pop out quick. It took for a few roll outs to discover this. I highly recommend this product, it is a gem.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
i can't believe i made perfect ravioli!
i originally purchased this ravioli press because i always wanted to make fresh ravioli... Well i'm very glad i did because my very first batch of ravioli i make came out perfect,... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Antonio
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREat.
The best of its kind. I loved everything about this product. Writing this review is extremely stupid and time consuming.
Published 8 days ago by Joan Young
4.0 out of 5 stars
Simple & Easy
I think using a pasta wheel to cut pasta might be easier but this ravioli press is easy to use.
Published 10 days ago by Todd Kinsey
5.0 out of 5 stars
great, with tiny problem
it's great, easy, the tiny problem is that the metal board is not 100% flat, even i rolled the roll pin back and forth to cut out the ravioli, some don't come out easily (need to... Read more
Published 11 days ago by Gabi
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb
I made several type raviolis using my new press and was completely satisfied with the results. I used to make my ravioli the same way as my aunts and grandparents did, on a sheet... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Frank Costanza
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very versatil
I like this product. It's really versatil and easy to use for making 12 excellent size and shape Ravioli. I'd recommend this product at all.
Published 22 days ago by Francisco J. Munoz S
5.0 out of 5 stars
Makes uniform raviolis by the dozen.
This cast aluminum base and plastic mold is a simple two-piece timesaver in the kitchen when making pasta. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Jeremy D.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great product!
It's so easy now to make amazing ravioli! I wow my family every time. I've tried making ravioli in the past and they've never turned out this good.
Published 1 month ago by Jennifer Dickerson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun and easy
Fun and easy, is the best way to describe this unit. I'm making my own raviolis using all kinds of stuffing.
Published 1 month ago by Nestaniotis
5.0 out of 5 stars
<3
Good size and easy to use. DON"T use in dishwasher. Hand wash. Use some water or milk to seal the joints. Makes 12 at time.
Published 1 month ago by neese
