I'd never done it before but Esther had done it numerous times with her mother, so she brought over the pasta contraption and she even pre made the dough...now that's what I call a friend!!!
I was startled at how good it came out but I was also surprised how much hard work it was. I think we worked for 3 hours straight and had made enough for maybe 3 people.
We stuffed these with spinach and ricotta cheese. They were soooooo darn good we nearly ate them all as we cooked them!
We also made those twisty tortellini things and stuffed those with seasoned ground chicken. They were so tiny and dainty even Baby C popped those as they came out of the boiling water!!
My friend Esther was 4 months pregnant when we made the pasta she'd kill me for posting this picture, but I doubt she reads my blog anyway...some friend she is huh! LOL
There's something full filling about making things from scratch. I'd still like to make bread using a bread maker of course, mostly so I can control the amount of sugar going into the bread. I have no idea what's wrong with you Americans putting so much sugar in bread!!
I've been waiting for months for the Zojirushi BBCCX20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine to reduce in price. It doesn't seem to be going down much at all.
I'd like to try my hand at ice cream as well....any recommendations of a good ice cream maker anyone?
I haven't made pasta in ages! That looks so good! Maybe I'll get out my machine this weekend!
ReplyDeleteoooh yummy!! I've only made pasta once and it wasn't that great...nor did it look as pretty as your does! I made ice cream a few times last summer, it's easy and fun for the kids to help. I don't have any fancy machine, just a 18 dollar one I got at Target. I think it's a Rival. There are fancier ones, but there's no need in my opinion. :)
ReplyDeletewow, i would be too scared to attempt this! ;)
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to make pasta from scratch but just don't see myself doing so much work for so little product!
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy though. We used to make ice cream at my grandparents using rock salt and a hand crank. Tired arms! Don't know anything about the new-fangled ones though. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing this great event. It looks like you had fun but not enough fun for me to work that hard. You know someone is going to rat you out on your friend's picture don't you? :) The last time I had homemade ice cream was at the home of my paternal grandparents and that was at least 30 years ago! It was and always will be the best. Old wooden ice cream maker with hand crank and you keep adding ice and rock salt and when it is done you all fight over licking the paddle.
ReplyDeleteWe just made ice cream for Thanksgiving. We make it all the time.
ReplyDeleteI'm married to a gadget guy, so I have a bread maker and a pasta maker. I love them oth. I haven't made fresh pasta in a while. Now I've got the bug.
Wow! That looks tough. It's all so pretty! Sean made homemade bread a few weeks ago. I couldn't believe how much sugar went into it! Plus, he broke my stand mixer b/c the dough was so thick and he was using the wrong attachment.
ReplyDeleteOh well, I got a new mixer out of it!
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Girl, just look at you!!! I'm gonna start calling you Mrs. Betty Crocker!! LOL!! Glad you had fun making some goodies from scratch. :)
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