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How fresh pasta is made

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  1. Eric Wanderweg

    Eric Wanderweg

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    I never knew the process before. Interesting :D
     
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    Well, of course!!
     
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    That’s funny!
     
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    Not true. It is grown on trees.

     
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    I've often asked myself where it comes from! :doh: Gives new meaning to the term organic pasta! :D
     
  6. wood and coal burner

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    Oh No! I make my own (sometimes) . My recipe is this:

    1 cup semolina flour (some use a good white flour like King Arthur but I like 100% semolina)
    1 egg
    1 tablespoon of water (+ or -)
    little bit of oil (olive)
    wine
    sauce
    cheese


    Get a glass of wine
    Put the pasta on a board and make it into a mound (mine is Corian but wood works too)
    Put a hole in the middle
    Open the egg in a cup
    Put the egg in the hole
    Put the oil in the hole
    Wee bit of water
    Drink some wine
    Cover hands with flour
    Start pushing the flour into the egg from the outside without letting the egg and oil and water overflow
    Continue mixing until it is a ball
    If too stiff add some water
    Keep kneading and adding flour to hands so it does not stick (add little bits of water if needed)
    Knead 10 minutes or more when it starts to stop sticking to your fingers it is getting ready to rest
    When it is a nice ball put it in a bowl and cover
    Drink some red wine
    Let it rest
    Drink some more wine
    Roll it out on a well floured board
    When the thickness you want cut in half (if you want pasta or linguni cut with sharp knife (no machines here)
    Place the filling in little blobs on the board bottom half
    Put the other piece on top
    Drink some more wine
    Cut the raviolis out with the ravioli cutter or a fork and knife will do
    Place into boiling lightly salted water with a wee bit of olive oil in it
    Do not overcook fresh pasta - it cooks fast just a few minutes with raviolis longer than plain pasta
    Cover with really good sauce
    Cheese it up (parmesan or romano freshly grated)
    Drink some more wine
    Say Grace
    Enjoy
     
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