So I admit I read a lot of recipes. I am a dreamer that someday I will actually make something I read about…for years I have read every Italian book on making fresh bread and pasta, thinking to myself…I could do that. But as I have never cooked anything much I never give it a whirl. I am married to an Italian Chef so you would think HE would have taught me something…but no, when he is off work, he doesn’t want to dabble in the kitchen.
This summer we were entertaining some American friends with kids in Tuscany and I thought it might be fun to finally make fresh pasta. We found a pasta maker, bought some eggs and flour and got to work….Hubby was amazing and really had fun thinking of the childhood memories of his Mom making pasta. We all marveled at how YES it was easy and tons of fun. Asking ourselves why hadn’t we done it before? In our 1000 year old home in Tuscany we used a broom stick to dry the pieces of pasta the kids churned out of the machine.
We even stuffed ravioli and the kid made it pretty on the edges with a fork. The ravioli doubled in size so we only ended up being able to eat like five per person. The pasta was like “butter”, so fresh and yummy. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone to try something new! What a special memory from our summer this year…
It’s crazy what an a little egg can turn into….
Simple…
Knead for about 10 minutes….
Crank it out!
This was just a start…we filled up the entire broom stick!!
This is serious business!!!
They all got a turn to crank the pasta maker, one kid couldn’t wait and had to have some cereal to tie him over! ha
Got to get it just the right thickness….
Ravioli making…
We must have just started…the table was still fairly clean.
Now we’re talking….
The pasta is so yellow because of the eggs.
Attack of the giant ravioli!!!
add a little sauce and it’s dinner time!!!
So grab an egg and get to work!
