Homemade pasta

[sylvar]

I used some gift money to get a set of KitchenAid stand-mixer accessories: a pasta roller, a fettuccine cutter, and a spaghetti cutter. The water is boiling now.

I made fettuccine already, but it gummed up while the water was boiling. So I've rolled it out again into WELL-FLOURED sheets and will cut it when the water is ready to receive it as quickly as I can feed it through the rollers.

Maybe I should be looking for a pasta-drying rack... or just try the clothes-drying rack I already have!

Comments

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I added an extra egg because the dough had too much flour to begin with. Then I added more water. But I did rest the dough for half an hour, which made the surface kinda scaly until I put it through the rollers a few times.

[srmm.livejournal.com]

Rest it wrapped tightly in cling film to take care of scaliness. When you get the feel for the dough, you'll know how much flour to use for however big your egg(s) are and you won't need water.