I got a pasta maker as a christmas gift from my parents. I made some pasta a few weeks ago but I didn't have my camera handy so these are pics from our second trial.
To make the dough I used 3 cups of all purpose flour and one cup of semolina flour. I mixed the flour on my pastry mat and made it into a well and added 4 eggs and a tsp of salt.
I scrambled the eggs and salt inside the well and then started to incorporate the flour until I got to a dough substance. My husband then took over and started kneeding the dough and adding a tsp of water at a time till the consistency was right.
We then cut it up into lemon sized pieces and put it through the pasta maker going through each setting twice except for the last one. Then we put it through the fettuccine attachment and made the pasta.
The biggest problem I have encountered is trying to find a pasta drying rack. I bought a multi-tiered clothes hanger but that didn't work so my husband and I hung a long string across our living/dining room and hung the pasta off of that. It wasn't the prettest sight but it worked!
My husband made some homemade pasta sauce and we some local salad and wine to go with it. I love homemade pasta!!
Oh..I am also really excied about my garden that I started last weekend! I planted some lettuce and peas and then when it decides to stop pouring outside I am going to plant carrots and broccili. I will keep the blog posted with pics and updates! :)
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