Dinner tonight was SDF (sloppy, dirty, fast, to those who don’t know). A store bought (BJ’s) organic frozen ravioli stuffed with butternut squash which I sauced with pesto cream and diced tomato.
The raviolis themselves were okay. Tender pasta, a little bland in the filling.
I will add a post with the brand.
Have you come across one that you like?
Mark, not frozen, but Costco has some pretty good Mushroom ones in the refrigerator section. I don’t know the brand, but can look when i go.
Fairway has some pretty decent selections in the frozen pasta aisle. Porcini, butternut squash, red pepper & parmesan, etc.
Mark, if memory serves, don’t you have a pasta machine?
Frozen ravs always loose their creaminess.
I have never found one that was good.
Fresh, even the Fairway ones are always best.
Timely that you posted this.
Yesterday I was up in Manchester NH, where I’ve been a lot lately for work, and I stopped at a fresh pasta store I’d spied previously. I was hoping to pick up some raviolis but all they had were frozen (home-made at store). I asked if they had any fresh, but they said no, they freeze them as soon as they make them. I said “really? could I get some of the ones being made now?” because I saw the workers in the back room making tons of them, but they said “no, only frozen, but don’t worry, they are just as good”.
So I grabbed 3 different kinds and cooked em up last night. They were good not great… dunno if they’d have been better fresh or not… but I was wondering a lot about fresh vs frozen on the drive home yesterday.
ok, fine, I’ll come over…Dexter and a ravioli taste off!
We just tried these for the first time a couple of nights ago. I agree – they are pretty good.
Kyle, without doubt, the moisture in the ricotta cheese dries out after freezing. Strange they would not sell you fresh. Maybe the bar is not that high for their quality control. And frozen is good enough. You should have asked to speak to the manager…
There is a place (upon many) in Brooklyn called Queen Anne Raviolis. They make fresh ravs every day. I asked the owner why the Queen Anne ravs from other stores are not as good and the reply was that they freeze them. I asked then why sell to them and the response was…why not? Interesting. So its worth the extra travel time.
Heres how mine start out…
Yes. That why I classified last night’s dinner SDF
I that that one of the issues is that the filling does not warm up enough in the time that it takes the pasta to cook. Therefore to get the filling to a desirable temperature you must overcook the pasta making it just not as good as it would be when it’s fresh.
I haven’t made fresh pasta since we moved into the new house.
Ravioli dough is clearly a goal.
I can hear that machine calling me.