Making filled pasta - shape to minimise trimmings?

[AinmÁlainn]

Ds has discovered making ravioli. It's great, but I'm a bit obsessive about food waste and seeing the pasta trimmings go in the compost makes me twitchy. Which shapes can we make to minimise waste? Or do we just make bigger ravioli? 😁

Square ravioli?

Just make them square? Or triangles would work. Not sure why you’re getting any trimmings tbh is he doing fancy shapes?

Square, or triangle surely.

Or, just free form. Make the blobs, seal the pasta and cut bits off.

Or just cook the trimmings and have as unfilled pasta bits?

Actually, i think the problem is rolling the pasta to a consistent width so we have off cuts to make them reasonably same sized. I did suggest drying and using the little bits for pasta pesto but you'd swear I suggested he ate hay. Triangles might fold better.

Why can’t the little bits be squished together and rolled out again into one bigger bit?

No Italian would throw away the offcuts !

They're called maltagliati - I suggest he googles for recipes.
If not used straight away, dry thoroughly in a cool, dry placed & store in a jar.
This is an interesting article -

www.theguardian.com/food/2022/jun/13/rachel-roddy-recipes-easy-summer-pasta-orecchiette-tomato-anchovy-rocket-casarecce-lamb-ragu-maltagliati-rocket-basil-pea-pesto

Alter the size slightly as you get to the edges so you don’t have a half a one leftover.