Do you make your own pasta?

[malkin]

I did it several times a week for about a year when I was nouveau pauvre, not quite divorced (no income) with a two year old. She and I had great fun and something to eat afterwards. We used a hand crank machine.

I used all the variations from Abby Mandell's Cuisinart cookbook. The kid's favorite was the spinach one, because she liked cranking the spinach in the salad spinner and because the pasta comes out a beautiful green.

[smilingcat]

Oooo gnocchi! plain or something in it?

Did you make a white sauce or red sauce or something else? For a pot luck at my office, my boss, who is of Itallian descent, requested I make him a white sauce. I made a simple mornay sauce. He liked it.

yummo!

[Kimmyt]

I made plain gnocchi, doubled the batch and froze alot of it so I could have it for multiple meals. I just made different sauces to go with it, once a red win ragu and another time a browned butter spinach sauce.

I have a recipe for sweet potato gnocchi that I'm dying to try...

[smilingcat]

I have a recipe for sweet potato gnocchi that I'm dying to try...

Light bulb just glowed in my head. I do have a half of a sweet potato all cooked up. Was thinking of mashing and baking it again with honey, butter cinnamon, powdered clove, powdered ginger but sweet potato gnocchi sounds delish. Make some ghee add some whole sage leaves and coat gnocchi.

Thanks! I'll try this tonight.

[skinimini]

That sounds wonderful! Let us know how it turns out and please pass on the recipe. Love gnocchi and love sweet potatoes. I have a butternut squash in the fridge. . . hmm, I wonder how that would work?

[indigoiis]

want recipe!

[crazycanuck]

I just made some fresh pasta & will cook it tonight for dinner. Now all I need is to make the sauce

If i want to store the rest of the dough in my fridge until Monday(combined lunch w friends..), is it ok if i leave it in a ziplock bag?

[crazycanuck]

Smilingcat...do you have a cool white sauce recipe?

A swiss friend is visiting Aust & we're having him over for dinner this week. We'll be doing our homemade pasta but i'm on the white sauce..

Help?

[Reesha]

Carbonara can be a really lightweight white sauce, but you kind of prepare it with the pasta, not separately.

I put a recipe for Smoked Salmon carbonara in the TE cookbook that's linked in my signature if you're curious. It's a great, easy and delicious recipe.

[Crankin]

I made pasta once, 25 years ago. My whole kitchen was covered with flour and much wine was consumed. I remember ruining a new pair of nice chino pants with olive oil, too.
Let's just say the pasta maker attachment was put away after that.

[crazycanuck]

Reesha-yes please~

[belly342]

Hi, new here. I had to comment on the pasta.
I've made Angel hair, fettachini, and homemade ravioli.
It is soooo good, however, time consuming and a bit frustrating if you don't have the time.

And this is with the pasta attachment to the Kitchen Aid mixer. (hub was good enough to purchase the two attachments needed. cost $180 (this does not include the mixer)

The noodles have a tendancy to stick together, so you need room to dry them and flour them to avoid the clumping.
I usually do this in the winter, or on rainy days or as afamily activity.

[Reesha]

here you go CC!

Ingredients
4 oz / 110 g smoked salmon, sliced into either bite size pieces or fettuccine-like strips
1 lb / 500 g Farfalle pasta (bowties!)
1/4 / 240 mL cup light cream
1 large egg
1 cup (or a large handful) of finely chopped fresh parsley
3-4 oz / ~100 g pecorino romano or parmesan cheese, finely grated
salt and pepper to taste

Bring enough water to cook the pasta to a boil on the stove. In the meantime, whisk together the egg, the cream and about half the grated cheese in a large serving bowl. When the pasta is al dente, or however you like it cooked, drain it and then quickly toss the pasta in the serving bowl with the egg mixture. The piping hot pasta will cook the egg gently and the sauce will thicken just enough to lightly coat each bowtie. Add fresh ground pepper and a dash of salt to taste, toss in your chopped parsley and lastly, add the smoked salmon. Serve with the remaining cheese to approximately 3-4 people (depending on how hearty your appetites are!)

[smilingcat]

Smilingcat...do you have a cool white sauce recipe?

A swiss friend is visiting Aust & we're having him over for dinner this week. We'll be doing our homemade pasta but i'm on the white sauce..

Help?

I like Reesha's recipe. Mine tends to be more classic so its heavy. Classic Bechamel sauce as the base.

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I also like herbed sauce. French Tarragon cream sauce comes to mind.

Add about a tablespoon of finely chopped French tarragon to about a cup of cream sauce and gently cook. Do not substitute other kinds of tarragon. Fresh one is better.

Grill some low fat fish halibut/cod or chicken breast. Slice the fish/chicken and toss with farafalle and the tarragon cream sauce. Carbonera sauce will work very well.

keep it simple and try it first (days) before your guests arrive.