Friday, April 17, 2009

CABBY'S RAVIOLI ALFREDO

Wow, been a long time since I posted. Sorry for the long gap! I've been ill, but hopefully will be able to get back on track with the cooking soon.
For my birthday dinner I decided to make my own meal instead of going to a restaurant, and went all out for it. The plan HAD been ravioli with alfredo sauce, breadsticks, and creampuffs, but my return to cooking was a bit more work than I was ready to take on. Unfortunately I had to skip the breadsticks and dessert.
On the plus side, I FINALLY bought a pasta machine, which I've been wanting for a long time. Normally I would just roll out the dough by hand, but due to limited counterspace I've just been making less fresh pasta instead. Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a local store that carries hand crank pasta machines? I had no idea that they were so rare now-a-days. I ended up going to a store I would never set foot in otherwise- Bed Bath and Beyond. Just my luck that they were the ONLY store in this city that carries it.
Anyway, since this dish has multiple parts, I will be doing 3 posts for it: ravioli, alfredo, and toppings. In the past I did "quick" versions of this using store bought ravioli, jars of alfredo sauce, and then my own toppings, but decided to go all out for my birthday dinner.

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