THE PLEASURES OF PASTA Making pasta from scratch is like alchemy or magic. Pasta is something from practically nothing, nothing but flour and water, possibly eggs. The humblest of ingredients are transformed into the most glorious of foods. Making pasta and noodles using your pasta machine is fun, fast, and easy. It’s a great outlet for your creativity, and it’s incredibly satisfying both literally and figuratively—because the results are so tasty! It delights the kid in you who still loves to sink his or her fingers into playdough. It stimulates your artistic side, for each piece of pasta is an edible little sculpture. It appeals to your crafty DIY desires to create something to take pride in using your own hands. And of course, it brings out your inner chef who loves to wow friends and family with a delicious feast. What I’m saying is making pasta is a joy. The only thing that’s better than making pasta is eating it! HOW TO USE THIS BOOK This is like a choose your own adventure book . . . Pick a pasta machine. Do you want to use your sheeter? Do you have an extruder? Do you feel like making cavatelli? Then skip directly to that chapter.Pick a pasta dough for that machine.Pick a pasta shape. If it’s a stuffed shape, pick a filling.Pick a sauce. I make recommendations for pasta shapes and sauces, but feel free to mix and match as you like.Cook, eat, and repeat! Fettuccine with Corn and Smoked Salmon Sweet corn is a delicious contrast to the salty richness of smoked salmon. Feel free to use more or less jalapeños to suit your taste, substitute Fresno chiles, or even use strips of roasted New Mexico green chiles in season. Chocolate Egg Fettuccine with Roasted Strawberries, Crème Fraîche, and Balsamico If you just can’t get enough pasta for dinner, perhaps you need some for dessert? This delicious dish is actually only lightly sweetened, so it’s sure to delight both sweet and savory fans at the same time. Make it during the summer when strawberries are ripe and juicy and red all the way through to the core. Corzetti with Pesto, Potatoes, and Green Beans It may seem odd to pair pasta and potatoes together, but in this classic Ligurian dish, the starch of the potatoes gives the sauce an extra creaminess. The recipe’s quite easy to throw together because all of the ingredients are boiled together right in the same pot. The only trick is getting the timing right so that everything’s done at the same moment. Just test for doneness often and use your best judgment on when the potatoes and green beans seem to be about 3 or 4 minutes away from being done to add the pasta. Zaru Soba This Japanese dish of chilled soba with an umami-rich dipping sauce is welcome on a hot day. Kombu, or dried kelp; the sweetened cooking wine known as mirin; katsuobushi, which is also called bonito flakes; and nori seaweed are all available at Asian markets and in the international section of most well-stocked grocers.
✔ Author(s): Lucy Vaserfirer
✔ Title: The Ultimate Pasta Machine Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Every Kind of Amazing Pasta Your Pasta Maker Can Make
✔ Rating : 4.6 out of 5 base on (682 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1592339484
✔ ISBN-13: 9781592339488
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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