Monday, February 16, 2015

Pastamania runs wild

It's a time of year that can only be described as hell on earth. No reason to leave the house.

Why go on? To read, to eat. All the fields of wheat. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FyZkp7EX7LU

In this dark time, I powered through an made fresh pasta with a pasta machine my friend James got me. I don't have much to say. I documented the entire process with photos.

Let's take a look!


The machine.


The flour and egg on my counter.


The transformation.


Some dough.


All the dough, pressed and cut. That is a handy dandy pasta drying rack. In this case I have "ah" strand of pasta, actually, enough to necessitate an entire rack.

I think Kerplunk would work just as well.


The sauce? Garlic and butter and tomato and parsley.


The pasta:


The finished dish:


I'm going to make this more often.