New Trader Joe's item. See the company's description of it (and a much better photo than mine) here.
I bought this package not only because it's new and I feel an obligation to report on it, but because it's attractive and intriguing. Who puts squash, beets, and goat cheese into ravioli???
The flavors of the first two components are surprisingly subdued, to the point that I found it hard to taste anything except the pasta shell and the cheese, unless I really concentrated. But that worked for me, since I like cheese a lot more than I like either squash or beets. Physically, they held together pretty well, with only one piece splitting open in the pot of boiling water.
We had them with just butter. The package recommends olive oil. A traditional pasta sauce would probably extinguish any chance of tasting the individual ingredients.
Will I buy it again?
Yes. I probably wouldn't just for myself, but Nina liked them, so I think they'll make a nice occasional part of dinner when I cook for her.
Nina's View
I think this was a really canny bit of recipe-jiggering. The sweetness of
the butternut squash is perfectly balanced by the earthiness of the beets, and
the cheese makes a nice third note. No fireworks in the mouth, but definitely in
the comfort-food realm. The aesthetics of the ravioli are quite lovely.
A nice brown-butter or sage butter or herbed butter or lemon butter sauce
would be best here—something savory to contrast with the little bit of
sweetness.
Another interesting twist would be to try deep-frying them. They might make
really tasty appetizers that way.
Recommended. Of course I'm not buying for myself because: cheese.
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