Palmer Large Ravioli Mold - Stainless Steel Pasta Maker for Homemade Ravioli, Tortellini & Dumplings - Perfect for Italian Cooking, Pasta Making & Kitchen DIY Projects

I am new to Ravioli making but this pan is perfect. At first I wasn't sure whether the dough went over the metal round wells, so I called the Palmer company and a very nice woman walked me through the steps. The Box came with a nice 12 page book of recipies for various types of ravioli fillings, dough, periogi fillings, etc as this company also makes Pizzell and Waffle irons. It also came with instructions as well. The metal round form is actually used to make the impressions in the dough after you have layed your dough over the square piece form. You can use the round well form to hold/or measure your filling. Then another piece of dough is placed over the square form and you take a rolling pin to press this dough over the ridged square form. The individual pieces were well formed and could easily be pushed out since you can push from beneith unlike other raviolli forms where you have to peel them away from the form. I also lightly floured the square form prior to placing the dough. I think other people who reported discoloration of the metal may have put in in the dish washer which can cause some oxidation of the metal. The company recommended that I hand wash it, which is generally what I do with these types of baking pieces. I would also highly recommend the Kitchenaid attachment for dough flattening and the spaghetti cutters (3 pack) if you have the stand mixer which is how I prepared my semolini dough for the raviolli, but this is another review. It makes 10 ravioli and my family likes the bigger size pieces with good fillings rather than the smaller ravioli, but this is a personal preference. May be looking for the same form but one that allows me to make a larger quantity with one pressing since I like to freeze them as well as serve fresh. I am very pleased with this purchase and the customer support from the Palmer Company.