Stuffed Pasta

[ethandron]

How can you stop stuffed pasta coming apart in the pan and ending up with a pan full of flavoured water and floppy bits of unstuffed pasta?
I'm talking about shop bought butternut squash and herb filled ones, about a quarter of them leaked.

[EcclesCake]

A very gentle simmer and cooking to just al dente reduces the problem but doesn't fully alleviate it.

I hate the dishwater look as filling bursts out the ravioli :-(

Oh yes and ravioli is one of the worst but because of the folding tortellini don't seem as bad.

[ethandron]

Thanks for the tip Eccles, it seems such a waste to watch it all drain away down the sink :(
(I thought I'd get a lecture about making my own..I've got as far as buying the proper flour) :o)

[Old_Geezer]

Ah "al dente". Italian apparently ! Literally means, "not cooked yet because I can't be bothered and will mock you if you complain".

[EcclesCake]

Old Geezer when it is really undercooked you claim it is a Northern Italian recipe, when it is soft as a tin of Heinz ravioli you explain it is how everyone in the South of Italy eats their pasta ;-)

Eth, when I am perfect I will lecture......in the meantime do you want to buy a pasta machine (I'll throw in the dust for free!)