Pasta Pasta Pasta

Whether you like it or not, you have to admit that MTV's Jersey Shore is truly something else. What does the Jersey Shore have to do with this post you may ask? Well, it was the inspiration for this post! Ever since MH and I saw the meals prepared by Vinny's family, we've had pasta on the brain.

We made an herb pasta, using the herbs from our garden, and I am pleased to share that we didn't have any of the consistency troubles that we had with our pea shoot pasta. The herb pasta dough was soft, malleable, and didn't stick or crumble in the pasta machine.

Since one batch yields a hearty amount of dough, we split the dough to make tortellinis and raviolis for two separate meals. Here they are!

Pea filled herb pasta tortellini.

Ricotta cheese filled ravioli.

We could definitely refine our pasta filling and shaping skills to make our tortellini and raviolis more aesthetically appealing, but rest assured knowing that our tummies didn't seem to mind at all.

Baked ricotta cheese filled ravioli.

Continued thanks to Kumquat and P for their pasta maker! We hope you enjoyed your sample.