Toni's Kitchen-Aid mixer came with a pasta machine attachment - and I don't think we've ever used it. If we did I think it was just a quick test - I can't remember having made a batch of pasta with it. So this afternoon I decided to have a go. 12 egg yolks and 600g of pasta flour, kneaded together and fed through the rollers repeatedly. Then I switched over to the cutters, and taa-daa! We've got tagliatelle. Or it might be fettucini. Whichever one is slightly thicker. Later I will make a carbonara sauce for this, and eat it. Mmmmmmmmm. Some people say that making pasta is very therapeutic and relaxing. I didn't find this to be he case. But at least the result was something useful and edible.
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Posted by: Rebecca | October 22, 2006 at 06:30 PM
Oh yes! home made pasta - the best! however time consum,ing and difficult to dry.
ieuan and wembley used to pull strips of the stuff off of the airer, onto the floor - rendering it inedible, except by them!
Posted by: claire | October 22, 2006 at 07:16 PM
I bet you think your right clever now eh!! lets put it to the taste test, make some more when I come up next pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz xx
Posted by: fave sis michelle | October 22, 2006 at 08:09 PM
That's a great photo. Please do let us know how it tastes. (Not the photo, the pasta.)
Posted by: Ruby Riley | October 22, 2006 at 09:36 PM
The photo tasted best. Well, I say that as it is the only one of the two that I got to eat
Posted by: Ian | October 22, 2006 at 10:26 PM
You saw my Tiramisu attempt and that competitive thing came over you again didn't it?
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter | October 22, 2006 at 11:07 PM
Pasta .... excellent. Thank you.
Tiramisu ... I'm more than willing to be the judge.
Posted by: Liz Curtis | October 23, 2006 at 12:48 AM
The pasta was, as Jason so rightly said, edible.
I'm no expert, but surely this is the aim of all chefs the world over?
So I say - Well done that man!
The sizeable chunks of parmegano were a delightful addition - as was Toni's home-baked garlic bread. Oh and then there was the Packet Cheescake - almost too naughty for words. I am not going to mention the macaroons. They should remain a guilty secret forever.
Nights at the Thompsons are such good fun that it seems almost churlish to attempt to repay such feasting and fun.
We WILL try...
And now, to bed - who knows what awaits me there.
Posted by: AndyC | October 23, 2006 at 12:59 AM