Attempting home made pasta for the first time

[Chris_in_SoCal]

I was watching a few videos on making pasta today and it made me hungry enough to give it a go.

After running it thru the roller to level 5 I moved to the Fettuccine cutter.

I made a flour mess in the kitchen but it worked.

The start of the sauce. I also had just cooked Italian sausage sitting on the side. I didn't get an after pic on that.

The verdict. Yes home made pasta is very much better that dried pasta. It is also much easier to make than I expected.

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

@flatbroke this is your fault.

 

[chopsaw]

Really nice . Looks perfect . What was the mix for the pasta ? Eggs , yolks , or a combination of both . Any semolina ?
My basic mix is 50 / 50 AP flour and semolina with whole eggs . I've also done all yolks .
Lately I've been messing with all semolina and just water . It freezes better than the egg pasta . You nailed that for a first run .

 

[LoydB]

That looks great. The next step is milling your own flour for it!

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Really nice . Looks perfect . What was the mix for the pasta ? Eggs , yolks , or a combination of both . Any semolina ?
My basic mix is 50 / 50 AP flour and semolina with whole eggs . I've also done all yolks .
Lately I've been messing with all semolina and just water . It freezes better than the egg pasta . You nailed that for a first run .

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I used all purpose flour. I will have to look somewhere else for 00 or semolina since Walmart near me only has all purpose.

I started with 2 cups of flour with 2 large eggs and 1 teaspoon of salt. The eggs were not that big so I had leftover flour. You can see it in the first pic I posted.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks great! I haven't made fresh pasta in forever!

Ryan

 

[civilsmoker]

Very nice…..I’ve never made it but the wife and daughter have….. but they are rationed cause of the over consuming they cause!

 

[flatbroke]

Wow yours looks great!!! The sauce with meat looks Bombastic

 

[chopsaw]

I used all purpose flour. I will have to look somewhere else for 00 or semolina since Walmart near me only has all purpose.

I'd say you don't need to change anything . Looks great to me . I was just wondering because pasta recipes are all over the place .
I just did the semolina and water because eggs were so high , and I also wanted something I could do in advance .
I have the old family recipe from my wife's family . It's AP , whole eggs and water .
I use this mat . Works good , but I also have a large SS bowl with low sides .

 

[JLeonard]

Great looking plate. Looks like your spiraling down another rabbit hole of cooking.

Jim

 

[flatbroke]

@flatbroke this is your fault.

 

[sawhorseray]

Some fine work there, really nice job! I've been working a combo OO and semolina flour, 250 grams of each, with five large eggs. It's now my go to for fresh pasta and ravioli, love it. RAY

 

[SmokyMose]

Nice! I'd been doing the wider noodles and tried spaghetti size, but they taste the same and the wider ones are easier to deal with.
I had the impression that 00 was basically just all purpose flour....

 

[Chris_in_SoCal]

Nice! I'd been doing the wider noodles and tried spaghetti size, but they taste the same and the wider ones are easier to deal with.
I had the impression that 00 was basically just all purpose flour....

00 is the fineness that the flour is ground to. It is available for each type of flour.

 

[gmc2003]

Looks really good to me Chris. Nicely done.

Point for sure
Chris