Ravioli

Ravioli are square pasta pockets filled with meat, vegetables, cheese, or occasionally, seafood. They are an Italian-restaurant staple, served either with tomato sauce or in broth. For the St. Louis specialty toasted ravioli, the pasta pillows are dredged in seasoned breadcrumbs and deep-fried until they turn crunchy. They come with red sauce on the side to use as a ravioli dip. Curiously, fried chicken restaurants in the Illinois River Valley, some of which have a distinctly Italian personality, serve their chicken with what is listed on the menu as “ravs.” Logic would suggest rav is short for ravioli, but in this small part of the world, the red-sauced ravs served with fried chicken dinner are in fact tortellini.

Restaurants With This Dish

Eggplant baked around seasoned veal, topped with melted cheese, in a pool of fruity tomato sauce
Freddy’s Pizzeria

CICERO, IL

Andre’s Italian Restaurant

LOS ANGELES, CA

Caesar’s

TIJUANA, BC

The salted caramel ice cream cone at Deep Barrel Roaster & Creamery in Norco, CA
Deep Barrel Roaster & Creamery

NORCO, CALIFORNIA

Ziti at Blue Dolphin in Katonah, NY
Blue Dolphin

KATONAH, NY

Apizza di Napoli | Best Pizza in South Carolina … and Beyond

AIKEN, SC

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