A pasta diet?

[MrsDangermouse]

I used to have an Imperia manual pasta roller but now I have the roller attachment for my KitchenAid - its so much easier than using the manual machine! Pasta making is such fun, and not really that difficult. I've had my eye on this extruder attachment for while to make pasta shapes, but its really expensive. Maybe one day.....

 

[Saranak]

Good luck. Its basically very easy. All you need is flour and eggs. If you have no shortage of either its worth setting side a bit of time to make a small amount of dough and practice running it through the pasta machine until you get the hang of it.

Ciao,
You can put many things in Ravioli and Tortellini I use rolling pin 70 cm long made oak was my nonna's, with I can make very big sheet of Pasta. As you say Pasta very easy. For Pappardelle roll pasta dough until flat and even. Take sheet and roll to sausage shape then cut with knife. Sometime I put inside dough fresh Basil, Rosemary, Oregano and sometime Sage goes very good with chicken. For Bucatini I use thin square wire I use fingers to roll dough around wire pull out you have hole all way.
You can make with normal flour, walnut flour, chestnut even acorn flour! You can put in cheese, pepper, all kind seeds add interest. Easter I make with walnut flour and use Duck egg makes pasta very rich. Only limit is imagination.

Sarana x

 

[MrsDangermouse]

Ciao,
You can put many things in Ravioli and Tortellini I use rolling pin 70 cm long made oak was my nonna's, with I can make very big sheet of Pasta. As you say Pasta very easy. For Pappardelle roll pasta dough until flat and even. Take sheet and roll to sausage shape then cut with knife. Sometime I put inside dough fresh Basil, Rosemary, Oregano and sometime Sage goes very good with chicken. For Bucatini I use thin square wire I use fingers to roll dough around wire pull out you have hole all way.
You can make with normal flour, walnut flour, chestnut even acorn flour! You can put in cheese, pepper, all kind seeds add interest. Easter I make with walnut flour and use Duck egg makes pasta very rich. Only limit is imagination.

Sarana x

Some fabulous suggestions there We've already planned our meals for this week, but I'm thinking fresh pasta may well be on the menu for next week.

 

[Saranak]

Some fabulous suggestions there We've already planned our meals for this week, but I'm thinking fresh pasta may well be on the menu for next week.

Ciao,
I make pasta since I 10 I now almost 60. I taught old way by my mama and nonna, please if I can help please only have to ask me.
Sarana x

 

[Mountain Cat]

Apparently if you let pasta go cold and then re-heat, it changes somehow and it's glycemic index is lowered.....sounds strange but apparently true!

I understand this is true for potatoes, but never heard about it for pasta.

 

[MrsDangermouse]

I understand this is true for potatoes, but never heard about it for pasta.

There's a couple of articles about it here:
Carbs and cooking
Reheating Your Pasta Makes It Significantly Better For You

 

[TastyReuben]

There's a couple of articles about it here:
Carbs and cooking
Reheating Your Pasta Makes It Significantly Better For You

Reheated pasta usually tastes awful, which is consistent with the universal rule that the worse something tastes, the better it is for you.

 

[Saranak]

Reheated pasta usually tastes awful, which is consistent with the universal rule that the worse something tastes, the better it is for you.

I never reheating is no nice. Pasta cheap to make why do that?
Sarana x

 

[MrsDangermouse]

Reheated pasta usually tastes awful, which is consistent with the universal rule that the worse something tastes, the better it is for you.

Well yes, there is that. I didn't say it tasted good did I?

 

[rascal]

Good luck. Its basically very easy. All you need is flour and eggs. If you have no shortage of either its worth setting side a bit of time to make a small amount of dough and practice running it through the pasta machine until you get the hang of it.

Yeah I will put a day aside and muck around with it, prolly with miss10, she loves cooking.

Russ

 

[JAS_OH1]

Where is Saranak these days? I miss her posts, lovely food she makes.

 

[Windigo]

Where is Saranak these days? I miss her posts, lovely food she makes.

I don't know unfortunately, she has not replied to my last email. Maybe ElizabethB knows.

 

[Morning Glory]

Where is Saranak these days? I miss her posts, lovely food she makes.

Last seen on 16th June. You could PM her. Sometimes people have their account set to alert then via email if they get a PM.

 

[Morning Glory]

she has not replied to my last email

Ah - if she gave you her private email and hasn't replied to you via that, that there is nothing more we can do.

 

[Windigo]

Ah - if she gave you her private email and hasn't replied to you via that, that there is nothing more we can do.

Yup unfortunately.