Uses for eggs #134 – Pasta
Thursday, November 5th, 2009I’ve eaten quite a bit of pasta in my day. All sorts of different kinds from the simple spaghetti to ravioli. Well I never really thought about how its made. It’s pretty easy / cheap to just buy a box or two at the store.
Well someone at work mentioned making their own homemade pasta and how easy it is. I figured I’d give it a try because we are always looking for more uses of eggs.
Step 1, mix eggs and flour.
It’s kind of fun to make a little flour dam and crack some eggs into it. Reminds me of when I was a kid I used to make dams with my mashed potatoes and gravy.
Mix it all together, roll it out with a rolling pin and cut into whatever size you want.
We made long strips, small strips and all sorts of different shapes. Experimentation.
Let it dry for just a bit (some say this is unnecessary). Then you boil it.
Voila!
It may seem pretty straight forward to most of you, but I just had never done it before. I was actually surprised at how easy it was. When you are used to buying things out of a box I just assume it must be hard to do..lol.
We also made our own Alfredo sauce to make shrimp Alfredo…very good.
