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!
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