Making my own pasta today
@JanisRemaxRealtor (432)
United States
January 26, 2008 8:28am CST
My boyfriend got me the pasta making attachment to my Kitchen-Aid stand mixer for Christmas and today, I finally have the time to attempt to make the pasta! So, any suggestions to making a terrific pasta dinner for me and my boyfriend tonight? Added ingredients, garlic, herbs? What sort of pastas do you make?
2 responses
@ky1119 (698)
• United States
26 Jan 08
I haven't made any pasta yet. I think my husband would get scared if I came home with a pasta maker. I got a bread machine about 4 weeks ago, and I've made bread constantly ever since. I'd like to have a pasta maker though. I really think that foods made fresh are better for you without all the preservatives in them.
@JanisRemaxRealtor (432)
• United States
26 Jan 08
I adore the smell of baking bread! I have a bread machine too. Hey! Perhaps I'll make some Italian bread too, to go with my pasta! HA! I agree, fresh foods are better, and better for you. What has been your favorite bread so far to make?
@mad_evo99 (24)
• United States
27 Jan 08
My advice is to let my girlfriend make it - I suck at it ;)
Seriously though, I think her secret is to make sure everything the dough touches is thoroughly floured to make sure it doesn't stick. We have a manual pasta maker with a hand crank, so I don't know if the KitchenAid attachment will work better, but she also runs the dough through the machine several times, decreasing the thickness each time. It's pretty time consuming, but definitely tasty!
@JanisRemaxRealtor (432)
• United States
27 Jan 08
Sadly, I never got around to it yesterday. Seems I kept finding other things to do. However, I will get to it this week. Humm, maybe I can have a friend of mine come over and do it for me? :)
I'm hip to the flour!
