Making Pasta

The other day I went over my friend T's house to make homemade pasta! I'd never done it before, but I really enjoyed it, and the pasta tasted absolutely incredible!

 T had made the pasta dough ahead of time.  If memory serves, she said it's basically just flour and water, but you can find tons of recipes for pasta dough online.  She had to let it set for a while before it was ready to roll out.  By the time S and I got there, it was all ready to go.

T was in charge of rolling the dough out with the rolling pin, as you can see in the picture, and S and I were in charge of pressing it in the pasta machine.  Please excuse my somewhat crazed look in the photo on the left.  There were many different thicknesses possible with the pasta machine roller setting.  We started with 1 (the thickest setting), and gradually moved up to 4.  We rolled each section of the dough three times on each setting, and only twice on #4.

After that, it was time to cut the actual pasta.  We rolled it through another part of the pasta making machine to cut it into strips.  It was definitely a three person job! I am very impressed but thankful that S was able to take a picture at this point.

The pasta needed to dry for a few minutes before it was ready to cook.  We used a staple of every woman's laundry room for this purpose.

Finally, the noodles were ready to cook! Here they are alongside the delicious homemade tomato sauce we cooked.

Ready to eat!


















And for your animal friend of the day, here is a picture of T's beautiful dog! She is a wiry haired Ibizan hound - not a breed you see every day!

Until next time!

Lauren