Pasta perils

I thought I'd share a cooking disaster to let our readers know that all is not perfect in Babeland. I had a whole bunch of extra wonton wrappers left over from the pumpkin challenge, so I thought I'd try my hand at homemade ravioli. I'd seen this done tons of times on TV and frankly, I always thought it was sort of a cop-out, but I figured what the heck. So I made a nice ricotta and broccoli filling and made my little perfect ravioli pillows. Into the boiling water they went ... and that's where it all went so, so wrong. They began to puff up with air (apparently I didn't seal them well enough), so then Brian had the bright idea of poking them with a knife. As you can imagine, this didn't work too well. I ended up with a big pot full of soggy, mushy wontons with boiled ricotta mess. Blech. I should've taken a picture. It was hideous. Oh well. I just made some whole grain penne and mixed in the rest of the ricotta mixture, so all was not lost. But I learned my lesson: Buy pre-made ravioli.