Sunday Fun...

[JoeV]

With only two days of bachelor status remaining while DW is helping our daughter with the new baby, I thought a would spend the day in the kitchen making stuff to restock the freezer. We were running low on bread and thins, so I made a batch with my Italian recipe, and thought I would make a braided loaf just for fun. It squeezed up in the middle, but it tastes just fine.



We have been out of ravioli for awhile, so I made 5 dozen of my 4-cheese ravioli with basil infused whole wheat dough (50/50). Froze them on trays then bagged them for the freezer.





While I was making those items, I had a pot of Marinara sauce simmering on the stove for 5 hours, and yielded 5 quarts of sauce. That should hold us till Christmas.



I purposely made extra dough so I could have dinner when I was done I just ran the dough through the spaghetti rollers on the pasta machine. IMHO, there's nothing quite like fresh, homemade pasta with homemade sauce and homemade bread (I buttered up a sandwich thin).



The sauce came out perfect. You can tell your sauce is done simmering by the water line at the edge of the sauce on the plate. That line shows how much water is remaining in your sauce. Some like it a little watery, but I was taught that you cook almost all of the water out of the sauce. I check it while cooking by putting a spoonful of sauce on a white saucer and letting it sit for a few minutes. The water will separate from the sauce at the edge, and then you know how the sauce is progressing. I like my sauce like shown here.

[Zurie]

Joe ... the man with the beautiful bread photos ... if you ever divorce your wife ...

Will you marry me??

[Chef shapeweaver ©]

OH YUMMY !!!

[HalfBakedCappy]

Can I come and live with you?

[JoeV]

Zurie wrote:
Joe ... the man with the beautiful bread photos ... if you ever divorce your wife ...

Will you marry me??

ROFLOL!!!! I'm flattered, but I've told DW that if she passes before me that I will not get married again. I just can't see myself going through that retraining process again.

[JoeV]

HalfBakedCappy wrote:
Can I come and live with you?

You can't afford the rent.

[AskCy]

it all looks good bit the ravioli jumps out (more than the bread ?.. wow thats unusual for me).. very nice work...

Steve

[JoeV]

AskCy wrote:
it all looks good bit the ravioli jumps out (more than the bread ?.. wow thats unusual for me).. very nice work...

Steve

Thanks, Steve. I like the ravioli pics better than the bread pics as well. We had them for dinner last night and DW sat there purring while savoring each bite. Me? I just wolfed down a dozen of those puppies with two slices of buttered Italian bread and a side salad.

[Becky in Wisconsin]

Looks good as usual. You are such an inspiration! Keep up the good work. Your wife is one lucky woman.

[Debbwl]

Yum!! Now I feel bad that I have let my freezer run down to just a few iteams.

Those raviolis totally divine

[mickeydownunder]

YUM YUM YUM TRUE!

YOU run of our bread lol lol lol

THAT will be the day too! lol

Glad your freezer is now restocked, TRUE!

I am S-L-O-W-L-Y making my way through

WHOO HOO

Thanks for sharing WHOO HOO!

[Amberngriffinco]

DAM!

Totally married the WRONG MAN JOE!
lol

[SarasotaCook]

OMG ... pasta, bread, sauce, ravioli. And everything looks amazing! Certainly impressive Joe