I got a new toy yesterday, so you can be sure I was test driving it today!
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Started with a lump of dough, of course.
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"Kneaded" it through the largest setting on the pasta machine...
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Then fed it through the smaller settings. The dough became thinner and longer each time.
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Along with the roller, I got two cutters. One, for linguine, seen here...
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And one for spaghetti, seen here. I had to try them both!
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I reserved enough to have one small bowl of each and the rest I hung on a rack (this is a roasting rack, turned on its end) to dry. Then, from that drying portion, I divided each type into two sections, one to freeze and one to put in the fridge. I wanted to test the different methods, of course.
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And this was one of the delicious bowls of pasta. I had spaghetti with just butter, salt, and herbs, and the linguine with a smidge of red sauce.
Thank you, ladies, for your awesome gift!
7 comments:
::Homer Drool::
mmmmm pasta
There is *nothing* like fresh pasta! You'll have to let us know how the dried portions turned out after being in the fridge and/or the freezer.
Yum-E!
You make it look so easy. I'm almost inspired to follow your lead (I know the mixer attachment would never make it out of the box though).
::drool:: is right!
WOW.
*looks to see what kind of pasta lunch can be procured today*
Yay pasta! :)
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