Pasta recipe

[Vanman]

I received a pasta maker attachment for our stand mixer for Christmas. Can our resident Italian pasta maker post a recipe for me to try? Probably going to try to make fettuccine.

[brewmaster15]

Gary thats great. I make a fair amount of pasta here and its pretty straightforward. Its usually 1 cup flour and 2 large eggs. In a bowl make a well in the middle and add eggs... I mix by hand from the middle out..but mixers work as well.. you want the dough well mixed but not tacky. I make a dough ball and let it rest on a cutting board.. then you cut into pieces and roll it out. my pasta maker is old school hand crank. I need to make strips first then I can make various size noodles.. i then take these and dust lightly with flour if at all clumpy and I spread on a cookie sheet to dry outsidein winter or freezer store them for future use... or just cook them.

you can add some olive oil to the dough abd some salt if you want but its not necessary. You can get fancy with expensive pasta flours but they too aren't needed. Plain old everyday flour works fine.

al

[Vanman]

I will have to make some soon.

I have had homemade past a few times. There was a hole in the wall Italian restaurant in Sylacauga Alabama that I would stop at occasionally. They had home made fettuccine on the lunch buffet. It was great. They quit making homemade pasta during the covid pandemic. I have not been back since.

If you can, please post some pictures the next time you make pasta.

[brewmaster15]

I will have to make some soon.

I have had homemade past a few times. There was a hole in the wall Italian restaurant in Sylacauga Alabama that I would stop at occasionally. They had home made fettuccine on the lunch buffet. It was great. They quit making homemade pasta during the covid pandemic. I have not been back since.

If you can, please post some pictures the next time you make pasta.

sure thing.. be happy to!

[Vanman]

Thanks

[Vanman]

I made my first batch of pasta yesterday. The pasta was good, the sauce not so much. It was a jar of Prego with some added spice. Went a little overboard on the spice. Also got the pasta to sauce ratio off. Too much pasta not enough sauce.

Watched a few videos on YT before I started. Ten minutes of kneading is an eternity.
Next time will be homemade shrimp, garlic, parmesan, cream sauce with shrimp.

[brewmaster15]

I made my first batch of pasta yesterday. The pasta was good, the sauce not so much. It was a jar of Prego with some added spice. Went a little overboard on the spice. Also got the pasta to sauce ratio off. Too much pasta not enough sauce.

Watched a few videos on YT before I started. Ten minutes of kneading is an eternity.
Next time will be homemade shrimp, garlic, parmesan, cream sauce with shrimp.

Next time needs to have Pictures That sounds delicious.

Glad you jumped in. On the Sauce, always good to have extra sauce... especially handy for the leftovers as pasta can absorb water from any sauce you store it with.

al

[Vanman]

Next time needs to have Pictures That sounds delicious.

Glad you jumped in. On the Sauce, always good to have extra sauce... especially handy for the leftovers as pasta can absorb water from any sauce you store it with.

al

Just don't expect any great pictures. I am a point and shoot and hope for the best photographer.

[Vanman]

I have made three or four batches of pasta. It is improving each time and is getting easier. Flavor is good, texture not so much. It is slightly tough. About like a dried pasta that needs another minute or two of cooking. I am kneading it for 10 minutes, resting for 30-60 minutes, boiling for 2-4 minutes. What am I missing?

[brewmaster15]

I have made three or four batches of pasta. It is improving each time and is getting easier. Flavor is good, texture not so much. It is slightly tough. About like a dried pasta that needs another minute or two of cooking. I am kneading it for 10 minutes, resting for 30-60 minutes, boiling for 2-4 minutes. What am I missing?

Gary, 2 things..

one... forget cook times. Just cook until its as you would like it. It Sounds like you are under cooking it

two.. make sure you use enough water and its at a full boil when you add the Pasta.

[Vanman]

I am using 4 quarts of well salted water at a rolling boil. I will try longer cooking times.

[Vanman]

The pasta and sauce last night were perfect. Clean the pan with bread perfect. Unfortunately the pictures were not good enough to post. Maybe next time.

[brewmaster15]

Was there something you did different Gary? Glad it worked out this time.

[Vanman]

The key was just a longer cooking time. So much for the really fast cooking and it is done when it floats from YT.