I'd like to make my own pasta but I don't have the room for a pasta maker.... Though I dream of one eventually. I also dream about having a gigantic serving and chopping butcher block, a double sink, spider burners, open shelves for all my beautiful grains, sliding drawers that open to exposed gorgeous spices...... Ah to dream of my perfect kitchen.....Well, about the pasta, a friend of mine suggested I try Wonton wrappers to make ravioli since my homemade ones are always too thick despite my best efforts.
So here's a quick and easy blog post since I'm not feeling chatty tonight, but simply wanted to post pictures and a recipe for Wonton Sweet Potato Ravioli and Turkish Manti.
Wonton Sweet Potato Ravioli
One sweet potato
One small onion (any kind)
Splash balsamic vinegar
Splash of maple syrup
One green onion
Three cloves of garlic
Butter or olive oil for frying
Wonton wrappers (square)
Boil sweet potato until soft, mash into purée set aside. Slice onion in strips and fry until soft, splash balsamic vinegar and maple syrup and fry until caramelized set aside. Cut green onion and crush garlic and fry on low in pan until crisp. Mix green onion and garlic into sweet potato purée. place a dollop of the purée into the center of the Wonton wrappers and place a few onions on top, then place another Wonton wrapper on top. I used milk to seal the sides, but egg whites work a LOT better and will keep all that good stuff in there while boiling.
Once all assembled, drop gently in boiling water for only around 3 minutes. Take out immediately with a slotted spoon, and pour a little butter and balsamic vinegar on top. The ravioli should have plenty of flavor so don't worry about a complicated sauce. Even a little olive oil and sea salt would do the trick.
For the Manti which is a traditional Turkish dish. I wanted to make meatloaf for me and a friend and I didn't have bread crumbs and I only had beef meat, and I kind of panicked cause I'd never made meatloaf before and... and..... So I regrouped and just typed in "beef" into my favorite food blog where I literally just followed this simple recipe. I know. I'm lazy tonight. But I just needed a bit of comfort blogging.
mmmmmmeatmanti.......... I served it with a maple syrup and cayenne pepper quinoa, roasted acorn squash buttered with roasted garlic, and steamed asparagus. It was a little bit of an exotic looking meal, with pretty tasty colors and I think my friend liked it. Manti basically tasted like meatloaf wrapped in Wonton wrappers ;)
