Unraveling The Mystery Of A Grandmother’s Lost Ravioli Recipe

NPR listener Alice Benner says her Italian grandmother made ravioli that was “indescribably delicious.”

Benner told us that she’s tried to re-create the recipe many times. “The dough — the consistency — is totally wrong, usually too thick,” she writes.

Benner’s grandmother used Romano cheese in the filling — probably from an Italian deli in Chicago — but Benner says when she makes the ravioli, “the Romano cheese I’ve used never has the same punch. I’ve all but given up trying to make them.”