Easy Ravioli Making with a Ravioli Plate 

This Ravioli Plate vs. the Atlas attachment? Why buy one over the other?

God, 12 years later.. still this video is teaching people. What a fun video. Thank you!

Great video! I am a university culinary instructor and with Covid I have to use videos to show technique, rather than in person. Next Saturday we are making ravs and I am sharing your video with my students! Thank you!

Just picked up a vitantoni ravioli plate (with dimpler) @ a local thrift shop. Thank you for demonstrating how to use it. Fabulous! Thank you, again.

John- First, let me say thank you. Your dedication and passion for italian cuisine has enriched our lives. We've got a ravioli plate and couldnt quite make it work.... until YOUR video. I appreciate your time, effort and understanding of the "uninitiated" italian chef. We were able to take your top-notch advice and perspective and create a wonderful family style italian feast. Coupled with a little (a lot) red wine, a decent pasta maker, good flour, and quality mentorship via RU-vid's number one ravioli chef, we were able to achieve ravioli nirvana. In many ways, the word genius is over used, but please, understand that your patience, your virtue and your simple love of cooking, shines through in such an earnest way. We appreciate your time, your energy, your wisdom and your great dang cooking! Cheers! Team Jones.

Great video - I find it much easier to place the plate in the freezer for 10 minutes and then the ravs will come out quite easily. So by having a couple of trays (mine hold 36 ravs) they can be rotated while filling the other.

Thanks for showing me how to use my ravioli plates! I got a pair of them with metal dimple plates for $2.75 at Goodwill today. So excited to use them!

The video was helpful and enjoyable. I bought my ravioli plate 30 some years ago and haven't used it much. Now I have a pasta machine and will use it more often. Homemade are better than store bought!

Thank you so much John, I found my vintage vitantonio ravioli maker at a garage sale in the original box and didn't know how to use it, you are an excellent teacher.

This guy is awesome. Gives you the info you need without rambling on. Loved it! Thanks.

Aloha and thank your detailed ravioli making technique. My plate just arrived and I was completely lost on how to use it. Ravioli making here I come!

Thanks so much John! I bought the same ravioli press by Vitantonio Mfg Co and could never figure out how to use it correctly. This will be a great help to me and my ravioli helpers on our next ravioli party!!!!!

You are VERY welcome! Who knew what impact a simple 'how-to' video could have? Thank you very much! MANGIA !!!

Excellent! Remember - you can add chopped spinach to the pasta for green dough, tomato paste for red dough, and puree veggies to add to the filling - endless ways to prepare the little pillows and endless ways to make the filling! Enjoy! I hope you're toddler grows up to be a pasta maker, too! MANGIA!!!

Excellent video! Going to try to make pumpkin ricotta ravioli today :) I love the fact that you prepared your work surface with a clean tablecloth...that's a best practice that I'm going to start doing when making pasta. Thanks again :)

Great video. We just bought one of these and had no idea how to use it. Also, I admire a man who can cook!

Was so long looking for a video of to use the contraption. Hey thanks.

This was a *really* helpful video, as we were confused by the ravioli plate. Thanks so much for putting this up here!

Thankyou so much!! I'm going to go get one of these today and I'm so exited. We are a not so well off family, and this is a great way to get veggies in my toddler for cheap. I've been looking forward to making these for like a month. :)

Thanks for sharing this! I've been making ravioli by hand and it's been quite a chore and I was ready to give up and just start filling store bought manicotti and shells! I'm going to get on of these very soon.

Just picked up a brand new ravioli press like this today for 95¢! My kids and I are gonna have fun making some ravioli. Thanks for the demo!

Thank you! I've been wanting to learn forever, and just found a ravioli plate at a flea market yesterday!! So excited to try!

Brilliantly done. Thank you for explaining and demonstrating so clearly. You make it look so easy, I'm going to try it!

Great video! You answered all my questions about this method. Thank you Sir!

Great video. Informative, concise, and well-edited. Thanks!

Excellent tutorial...I'm going to try to make pumpkin ricotta ravioli today. I like how you have prepared your work surface with a clean tablecloth...that's a best practice that I'm going to adopt. Thanks again!

This was a great video! Thanks for making.

Great video! Thanks for the video, better than most.

Thank you so much for this, now ill be making my own ravioli for my whole family. No more store bought. Long live homemade

Thank you sooooo much for this informative video ! I got my ravioli maker /press today and could not figure out how to use it, haha. Now I know. Subscribed !

Thanks for the advice. I asked about chunky filling... you suggested the plates...this is exactly what we've been using the last several years...I just like to mix it up sometimes and try something new and possibly faster/easier... My family made 300 raviolis the other day using two plates and the kitchen aid roller attachment... My mother makes the filling (a meat and spinach mixture)...

Great video! Thanks so much! Really enjoyed your personality and honesty!!

i bought a plate that looks like the one you are using here...although the one i got has the "dimpler", as you called it, attached to the top and it makes 12 at the time.....i made ravioli with hot sausage, parmesan cheese and eggs.....with red meat sauce.....they came out so good, nothing got wasted....by the way i forgot to subscribe the last time but i am doing it now...thank you for your vids they are very helpful

Making my own rav has always been a dream - thanks for the info and inspiration. Grazie.

thank you for demonstrating how to make ravioli....i like this method...you get more filling in each of the ravioli as opposed to the kitchenaid way of doing it....although when you are making as many ravioli as you did in one of your other vids...the only way of doing it would have to be the machine way....

Great video! I recently bought the same size plate, the medium, and I'm thrilled to see that it is easy to do.

Omg thank you! My husband bought me a ravioli plate for Christmas and it did not come with instructions. Thank you for showing me how to use it!

Thanks! I just got a ravioli maker and it didn't have instructions, so now I know how to use it.

I just received a ravioli maker, as in your video...thanks for the informative lesson!!!

Wow, that was nice, i had never seen those plates before, very practical! I want one of those plates.. thanks for uploading!

Thank you so much! I couldn't figure out how to use the ravioli plate!

you turned me into a ravioli maker about 2 years ago...now i own two rolling pins of different sizes...two plates...the imperia pasta maker and pasta attachments for my kitchen aid mixer and all of them are ok to make ravioli ...it seems it is more a matter of choice...i like the big rolling pin...also i make my filling with chorizo and parmesan cheese ...everyone likes my ravioli around here...thanks for inspiring me

Very good and instructional video. Thanks so much for making and posting it.

Thank you! I tried to make my explanations as easy and as clear as I could. MANGIA!

Great video! I'm passsionate about my new pasta making hobby. It is so delicious! Thanks for making this look so easy.

Thanks for the video. I want to make gluten free ravioli, but don't want to buy a lot of accessories. Now that you've demonstrated the ravioli plate, I feel confident I can make perfect ravioli. Thanks!!

Thank you for the video! Can I ask what is the best way to store left over pasta? Can you store uncooked Pasta ( Ravioli) so that you can cook it fresh, or do you have to cook first, & then freeze? Also, I bought the kitchen Aid Ravioli Attachment, but one down side about that way, is that they are very small.. I like the ability to do various sizes, also for me some of the raviolis did not always seal.. I think this way looks easier, & more efficient plus like you said ability to do various sizes & shapes.. Thanks again!

I had 2 wooden plates I inherited from my Nonna when she passed. They were old and reminded me of when she would make ravioli from time to time. I've yet to make them myself but when I moved last year, movers lost 23 boxes so the ravioli plates were gone...so was her gnocchi board which I used very often. So upset I have to buy the boards now to make ravs. I'd have preferred the ones I remembered from being a child. At least now I know how to use them. Thanks for the video instruction!

This is great!!! I wanna sit down at YOUR table. Definitely subscribing!

And it is so easy and fun to do! Try several different methods and choose the one that works best for you! MANGIA !!!

Im in culinary school and I have to make ravioli stuffed with onions and braised short ribs! It is going to be so hard man! We have to roll out the pasta with a machine and your method is so much easier/more efficient!

Great video! For some reason it just wasn't clicking for me how to use the mold I ordered until I saw this. Much appreciated!

Oldy but a goody, thanks sir 👍

So lovely chef 👨‍🍳

@caOsweeet - You are very welcome! Although it seems like a no-brainer, a little visual demonstration of how something works is always a welcome thing. MANGIA!

Great video--thanks for posting! Very helpful in my ravioli journey!

thank you. i ordered this plate over 2 years ago and have yet to use it because i never got around to making pastas. i bought an atlas pasta roller and am now making all kinds of pasta, so i pulled this out and realized i'd forgotten how to use it lol thanks for your instruction video. there is some leftover bolognese in the fridge and i will be making ravioli for dinner tomorrow.

Great video, thanks for that, explained and shown well, now its time to try it myself

Thank you for the video....I found one at goodwill. I will try to make.

Very helpful, thank you for taking the time to make this.

@23hopsing THROW ... them ...OUT??? NEVER! LOL! Unlike cookie dough, pasta dough can be rerolled together and reused; sprinkle a little water if the dough gets dry. You can also just take the leftover strips, cut them up and let the pieces dry - then add the pasta chips to soups, or just boil the strips up and eat them with sauce. They are still pasta, after all! Throw out food? You must NOT be Italian! LOL!!! MANGIA!!!!!

Great video John, thank you for sharing, can't wait to try this!

Oh, I'm SO glad I found this video! I got a ravioli plate for Christmas and finally got around to using it and the directions on the box were not entirely clear. You don't even want to know what I was doing with the darn thing, but trust me:I spent way more time freeing the ravioli than anything else. How thin do you roll the dough? What numerical setting on the pasta machine, I mean. Mine was rolled out to 6, I think, which was thin and silky but very very very difficult to work with.

Just bought a set of ravioli makers, now know how to use it, thank you for your video

There are many videos with pasta dough recipes. Mine is: 1 egg & 1 cup flour per person, 1tbsp olive oil, 2 pinches salt, and a sprinkling of water. Add flour or water as necessary; knead to make an elastic dough that does not stick to your hand when dropped to the table. Let rest 30 minutes before putting through a pasta roller/sheeter. Filling is ricotta cheese, grated Parmesean, egg, parsley, salt, & pepper to taste. It's all very simple & easy. I make ravioli all the time. Enjoy! MANGIA !!!!

Thanks! This was really helpful.

Thank you for the great lesson! Looking forward to using my new ravioli plate - it's got to look better than my last attempt :).

looks great - well done

This video is so helpful!! Thank you!!

@ily783 Thank you so much for your kind words! Be sure to try again! MANGIA!

This is a very helpful video. Thanks a lot for sharing it. Just one question... how do you get the dough to come out of the pasta roller machine in a rectangular shape? No matter how we shape the dough it comes out of our machine with oval ends. What's the trick to this?

thanks for taking the time to make this vid. You obviously know what you are doing. I feel safer now to try this thanks to you.

Hi! I use my ravioli plate for making a spiced pumpkin ravioli, a fresh Maple-Apple bechamel with sauteed baby portabella mushrooms. Its crazy-good and is a nice change from making traditional ravioli fillings!

Two things that will help you when using one of these infernal devices. First, make sure the thickness of each pasta sheet is a little more than half the height of the corrugated cutting ridges, otherwise they will not adhere together very well and come apart while cooking. Unfortunately, this makes for a rather heavy raviolo. If you would rather use thinner sheets, you will need to squeeze each edge to adhere after they are cut. If your dough sheet is rather stiff, as it sometimes gets when you laminate it multiple times through the rolling machine, use a Misto misting device to barely wet the surface of the filled bottom sheet before overlaying the top sheet. Second, use a tapered rolling pin to roll over the device, otherwise you will spend all day trying to roll the corner of your straight rolling pin over each individual cutting ridge and it will frustrate you to no end. My best advice, though, is to learn how to form ravioli by hand. There are many, many different ways, so you are sure to find one that fits your liking.

Great video. I have a ravioli roller attachment for my pasta machine, but I like this plate you used. Looks much easier and neater. Can you tell me where you bought the plate? And did it come with the plastic piece to tamp down the filling? Thank you.

Excellent video. I was looking for something to help me decide what I needed to buy to make ravioli. I thought of an attachment for my Atlas machine, but this looks perfect without complications. Nicely paced video - good job! :)

Excellent! May you have many happy hours making ravioli and experimenting with different fillings! MANGIA !!!

Well done! Perfect little tutorial for my first ravioli-making-experience. Cute little sign off too;) "Mangia!" ...loved it.

Really helpful! Excited to do this. Thanks for the video - very helpful and fun!

Muchas gracias 😊

Thank you o much for this video. I bought one of those ravioli metal plate forms in a thrift store but didn't know how to use it. I never would have though to use a rolling pin over it! I assumed you just had to press the top and bottom sections together. i think there are two plates to it, but both are metal, not one metal and one plastic. I think one has little dips in it for the filling. I will definitely check out your other videos to see how you make your dough and the sheets. Yesterday I bought a Simac Pasta Maker 700 at the same thrift store for 15 dollers. I thought it was the bargain of the century until I read the bad reviews on Amazon. One said it has some kind of black motor oil inside that leaked into th ravioli dough! Another reviewer said that their machine had bits of metal flaking off into the dough. He realized this when he put the dough in his microwave for some reason and it arced electricity! Some reviewers said it started to smoke or shut off their outlet. I probably won't even take it out of the box now, just throw it out. I love, love, love raviolis and am undaunted about making homemade ones. I had to do a lot of internet searching and reading today to realize that there are TWO kinds of electric pasta makers. One, the extruder type ONLY makes the pasta shapes from pre-made dough. The other kind will mix the dough for you as well as flatten and shape it. I THINK a food processor will make the dough, and now I am thinking about just buying a manual roller to thin and stretch the dough into sheets after I make my own dough in my food processor. Maybe you can tell me how you make your dough sheets. I will check out your other videos to see if you have one on that aspect of ravioli making. Thank you for this upload, now I know at least how to use that little gizmo I bought in the thrift store!

That's wonderful. I want to try this. How do you dry the ravioli after you make them and for how long? Is it OK for them to be at room temperature or do you put them in the fridge?

Thanks! That was pretty cool!

Great video!!!! Thank you so much!

looks easy enough, we'll see how it goes!!! Thank you so much

excelent video! Had never seen that ravioli plate. Its sooo cool. One question though: if i make a lot of raviolis but only cook half of them, how can i store the other half? fridge? freezer? or must i only make what im going to cook?

Well done my friend! Thanks for posting!

Great video. Just what I was looking for. Grazia!

Bello ! Grazia tante , Bacione !

Thanks, John! I was looking at this tray like, "how the heck do I use this?" making pumpkin gorgonzola ravioli now!

I have made me one plate out of wood - nice video - you must try deep frying the ravioli on medium heat, with a mixed veggies filling - we do in south africa - very nice

Thank you! There are no errors in the universe - just synchronicity! Enjoy the pasta you will make with your ravioli maker! MANGIA !!!!!!

Nice job. Thanks. I learned a lot.

Wonderful video.

I like your video! I am waiting for the ravioli plate that I ordered yesterday on internet. I am looking forward to making ravioli. but I am not sure I can make it great like you.

Thanks for your sharing,that's very helpful with me.And I want to ask you a question,besides the filling you share in this video,can we do another kind of filling?if have,pls teach for me how can to do it?

I made 5 dozen ravioli today to freeze for Christmas Eve. It’s a surprise for my brother. But I found spraying the form made things stick worse. The trick I used was to make sure the pasta was heavily floured. All in the freezer now.

@tfin613 The medium ravioli are 2 1/2" square; it is a Villa or Villaware # 5500. A plate (12" x 5 1/4") makes 10 medium ravioli. I like this size the best. The smaller plate is 2" squares; it is NorPro # 1043. That plate (12" x 4 1/4") makes 12 smaller ravioli. A platesworth is enough to feed the average person. They do swell when cooked! You can also buy round or square presses that make one at a time in some kitchen shops. MANGIA !!!! (And Thank You!)

@ily783 A note - I have seen where a ravioli plate was used that did not have open spaces. The noodle was almost completely dry(!!!) They filled in the depressions and put the second noodle on top - but since the noodle was so dry they merely rolled it with a pin a couple of times to 'stick' it together, then flopped the entire noodle out and cut it with a pastry cutter. I prefer where the weight of the rolling pin (mine is marble, BTW) against the zig-zags seals and cuts the ravioli. MANGIA!!!!

thickness number for the rolled pasta? If using a Seal-A-Meal, and drawing all the air out, can these ravioli be frozen and for how long. I going to start doing this, but using an Almond flour for the pasta.