I was never really that excited about this recipe. But it looked easy and I had all the ingredients, so it was dinner tonight. It turned out to be THE worst recipe in the whole book so far. I was so grossed out after only a few bites I had to push my plate away. What the hell is this slimy bowl of flavorless gunk? After sooooo many amazing meals, I was a little shocked by the complete crap of this one.
I can't even blame any one part... they were all so bad. My previous opinion of cheese broth holds true; greasy & watery with a weird cheese funk. Not something I want to slurp down in cupfuls. The ravioli filling did have good flavor, but needed a binder cause as soon as I cut into one, all of the sweet potato burst out and dissolved into the crappy broth (which actually improved it marginally).
But, lets back up a little.
Before I knew I would only actually eat a few bite of this meal, there was work to be done. First roast a couple sweet potatoes 1 hour until tender. Then mix the flesh with honey, 5-spice powder and salt. Use this to fill wonton wrappers, making half-moon ravioli. With help from hubby, the normally annoying task of making the ravioli flew by with ease and soon we were moments away from dinner.
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| roasted sweet potatoes |
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| one... two.. three... ravioli!! |
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| field of beauties |
It all happens pretty fast from here. Gently saute sage leaves in butter until aromatic then add the cheese broth and bring to a simmer. At this point, drop the ravioli as they only need to cook for 3 minutes. Once floating, transfer the ravioli to serving bowls, top with a ladle of cheese broth and sprinkle with green onion.
First sip of broth: "err... not much flavor." Second sip: "umm... maybe kinda cheesy?" Third sip: "do I really want to eat this?" The executive decision is made to coat everything in grated pecorino romano in a desperate attempt to make it palatable. But, after a few bites, the slimy pasta dissolving into the greasy, watery broth leaves me cold and I am done. As a last ditch effort, I pour out the broth and top my remaining ravioli with a scoop of tomato sauce. Still not anything I want to eat... this sucks :(
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| doesn't even look that good... does it |
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| blech. worst. meal. ever. |
Needless to say, I will not be making this again and the only thing cheese broth is good for is as a base for polenta (where it actually works pretty well). I think including an egg in the ravioli filling might give it a better texture but, as is, it is totally indistinguishable from the limp wrapper leaving the whole meal one big, slimy mess.
WORST. MEAL. EVER.
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