How To Make Homemade Gnocchi

Below I will provide a step by step tutorial on how to make homemade Gnocchi. Gnocchi is a delicious dumpling type pasta made from a basic flour, egg, and potatoe dough. Gnocchi can be made with many kinds of sauces, but here at LetsEatPasta, we prefer a nice italian tomato sauce.    What you'll need.                  Oil                                Eggs                                            Flour                                             Mixing Bowl                      Potatoes                            Saran Wrap           For this Gnocchi tutorial, you will need:  2 or so pouds of potatoes (about 5 large), unpeeled 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 egg yolks 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil   Step 1: Boil your unpeeled potatoes for about 30-40 minutes, then let sit and cool for abotu 10-15 minutes. Step 2: Once cool enough to handle, mash your potatoes. Using a potato ricer makes this step a bit easier, but it can be done without. You want to make sure to get out as many lumps as possible in your mashed potato mix.               Step 3: In one bowl, mix your egg yokes and mashed potatoes together. Step 4: Slowly add your flour into the mixture until all flour is added.  Step 5: Once you've got a workable dough, move it to a clean, lightly floured surface.                         Step 6: With both hands, press into the center of the dough and fold it inside of itself. Repeat this for about 1-2 minutes, or until dough feels soft and smooth. Step 7: On your floured surface, tear off a piece of dough about the size of an apple, and put the rest aside. Step 8: Roll out the dough into a long rope that's about 3/4" thick in diameter.                    Step 9: With a knife, cut the dough at every 3/4" or so. Make sure each little piece of dough is about the same size as one another.  Step 10: Repeat steps 7, 8, and 9 until all dough is used.                  Step 11: From here you can do one of two things. You can leave them as is, or you can use a Gnocchi board or a fork to indent them.                     Explaining how to apply the indent the Gnocchi can be dificult in words, view the video below for a simple tutorial on how to do this step. Step 12: Bring a pot of water to a boil and add 10-15 Gnocchi. Once the Gnocchi rise to the surface of the water, they are done. Step 13: Put Gnocchi in a bowl and cover with saran wrap to keep warm. Step 14: Repeat steps 12 and 13 until all Gnocchi are cooked. Step 15: Add to your desired sauce, or eat plain with butter.    Enjoy! If your interested in making your own pasta, and need a Pasta Machine visit our site for a large selection of quality, reliable machines.

Making Different Colored Pastas

Growing up I always loved eating the different colored noodles. But I never actually new how they were different colors! Yesterday I was making some homemade pasta with my new pasta machine, and I came across a recipe online that talked about making green and red pasta and I was super interested. I began reading the recipe and soon learned that it wasn't too difficult to create these noodles. 

For the red noodles, you simply add a tomato paste to the flour mixture when creating the dough for the noodles. Once the dough is made, it should be red in color, and you then go about making your noodles like you normally would with the pasta maker. 

Same goes for the green noodles, except your going to use spinach. I'm sure you could use a handful of different green vegetables, but in this particular recipe, they use spinach. Like the red noodles, you simply add the spinach to the mixture, and create a green dough. Before you add the spinach, you must puree it in a mixer to get more of a liquid spinach to add to the four mixture. Like above, once you add the mixture and mix them good, you should have a green dough to work with. From their you go about your business like you normally would making pasta with normal dough. 

I love making fresh homemade pasta, and I feel everyone who enjoys cooking should give it a shot. 

Dug Out The Spaghetti Maker

When it comes to making homemade pasta, having a quality pasta machine is ideal. Having a nice solid, sturdy machine is always better when in the process of making homemade pasta. Making homemade pasta is an awesome family project, and every family should try it at some point. Today my grandma and I made homemade pasta at my house. It was my first time ever making homemade pasta, and I had a lot to learn. 

My grandma new everything like the back of her palm. She use to live in Italy, and has a knack for cooking pasta. Once the dough was made and ready to go, we fed it through our pasta machine and made real thin, long strips of dough to prepare for the cutting stage. Once all the dough was thinned out and ready for cutting, we let it dry. 

After about 20 minutes of drying, the dough was ready to be cut. We fed the dough through the spaghetti attachment that my mom has, and out came spaghetti! It was so cool watching it. As you cranked the machine, the thin dough on one side was pouring out the other side as spaghetti!

I have to admit, I'm super excited my mom had this pasta machine hidden away in the basement all these years. I went down last night and dug it out of the closet and It's gonna be in my kitchen for now on!

I think I'm going to start making homemade pasta more often, and try with new recipes, and different types of pasta. If you love pasta like I do, then I suggest getting yourself a nice pasta maker and try making pasta from scratch. It's a very fun kitchen project to do with the family, and the best part is eating it when your done!

Lets Make Pasta!

      Once in a while it's always great to make your own homemade pasta. Although it's much easier to go to your local supermarket and grab some pasta, making your own is a fantastic experience. Making pasta can be a pain, but once you understand how to do it, and got it down to a science, it's wonderful. Once a month on a sunday, my mother and I dig the Pasta Machine out from the basement.  Once the kitchen is all set up and ready to go, we begin the day making our pasta. 

      Most of the time the pasta comes out pretty darn good. But sometimes it doesn't come out as good as other times. Thats the risk of creating your own homemade pasta! But the fact is that your trying, and your making your own pasta. It's cool to say you made your own pasta, and even more cool when it comes out really really good. 

      My family usually makes the call on how good it is. Although my mother and I know right off the bat whether it's going to be good or not, we still leave it to them. Cause hey, it doesn't matter what you think, it matters what who your serving thinks! Right?

     Next time you have a chance, grab a nice pasta machine and make some homemade pasta. Not only is it a fun project, but a fun experience as well. Learn how they use to do it back in Italy in the old country. Pasta makers are fantastic machines, and I feel every family who eats pasta on a regular basis should have one to use every one in a while

      

Enjoy A Nice Homemade Italian Pasta Dinner

Nothing beats a nice Homemade Italian Pasta Dinner. But when it comes to making a nice homemade pasta, you need a nice pasta machine. The good pasta machines are usually made out of Italy, and built to last for a lifetime. My mother has this really good pasta maker that she ordered offline not to long ago. Every sunday we make our own pasta with the machine, and then make our own homemade sauce to go along with it. 

Our family looks forward to sundays for this special occasion we have. Making homemade pasta brings our family together for a fantastic dinner once a week, which is a fabulous thing to have. 

When it comes to making your own pasta, like stated above, you must have a descent pasta maker. Don't get a pasta machine that isn't built to last. These machines take a beating, and should be able to last you forever. I know my grandmothers had hers since she moved to America 50 years ago. Now thats a quality Pasta Machine! 

Every holiday she makes her famous homemade pasta and homemade pasta sauce. It's absolutely to die for! I cannot wait till I get my own place and I can buy my own quality pasta maker for my kitchen. Just like our household now, my household will also have sunday homemade pasta days. It's just a nice way to gather the family and have a nice evening together.

Thinking About Making Your Own Homemade Pasta?

When it comes to making your own homemade pasta, having the right pasta machine is essential. Pasta makers come in all different shapes and sizes and can be manual or automatic. The manual pasta makers are the authentic, original machines. Now of days they are making electric pasta machines, which takes a little away from how authentic the hole process is. 

When looking for the right machine for your home and restaurant, which one is right for you? Whether your getting one for your home, or for a restaurant, will pretty much be the biggest decision you'll have to make. If your getting one for your home, the machine will only need to be small, just big enough to make enough pasta for your family, or a small group of people. 

If you own a restaurant and want a highly efficient pasta maker, then getting a bigger, faster, or maybe even an electric pasta machine would be a good idea. When dealing with a restaurant, the speed, amount made, and quality is the key to success. 

There are many pasta cutters out there that work fantastic, and will get the trick done. But then there's ones that are high in quality, and will last your forever. When it comes to deciding on the right one to purchase, take quality, durability, and efficiency into consideration. I like to read reviews on the machines before I purchase one. Seeing what other buyers have to say is very helpful when making a decision on purchasing something.

If your thinking about getting into making your own homemade noodles for your pasta, then getting a pasta machine is the right idea. Go out and grab a nice, affordable, quality pasta maker for your home or restaurant, you wont regret it!

Our Famous Italian Sauce/Pasta Recipe!

Italian Pasta Recipe:

Ingredients:

2 cans of Pastene kitchen ready tomato sauce

3 cloves of garlic (sliced)

1/2 onion (chopped)

4 tablespoons of olive oil

2 bay leaves

1 teaspoon of salt and pepper

1 teaspoon of basil

1 teaspoon parsley

2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese 

 

Directions:

1) Sautee oil, garlic, and onions in a pan until softened.

 

2) Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for about 1.5 hours.

 

3) Boil the needed amount of water for how much noodles your cooking, and add the noodles. 

 

4) Once the noodles are done, add sauce to noodles, or serve separately. 

 

5) Enjoy!

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