In honor of shel I made "homemade" manicotti. I used some store bought pasta shells for 1/2 of it and used eggroll wrappers for the other half. I usually make my own using my pasta machine to do it but I wanted to experiment. Here are the results:
Hated hated hated the store bought shells. Too thick, not a great flavor (I used Barilla brand). Simply just tasted like rolled up thick-asp lasagne noodles. Would never choose to use those again. The others that used the egg roll wrappers were very delicate and delicious. The "pasta sheet" was very inconspicuous and was really just a vehicle for the filling. The only thing that would be better is to make your own crepe instead of the wrapper. I highly recommend them with the manicotti. |