[Food] Pasta maker

[banjo]

A course.

 

[Hampster Gull]

I should do this but I’ve found a great place near Euston that produces for lots of Italian restaurants and will sell retail. All made that morning and just superb. But I suspect always better to make yourself.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Information overload!

I did a course 5 years ago and bought a bog standard machine from Robert dyas, I still use it now. Once you get the hang of it, it's easy to knock up some dough in a few minutes.

Sometimes for a quick snack I'll race the water boiling from cold and try and be ready with the pasta by the time it's boiled. No sauce, just warm olive oil and garlic, it's amazing!

 

[BNthree]

I’ve enrolled on a pasta course and am now thinking ahead to pasta machines. I’m thinking about a hand cranking one, not an automatic one. Anyone on here have any tips, advice etc?

There's nothing more satisfying when bored at home than a good hand cranking session.

 

[Bakero]

You can’t be old enough, if you don’t know that it grows on trees, you daft apeth!

I've shown the spaghetti harvest doc to a few classes of Italians. Bemusement ensued.

 

[Baldseagull]

I’ve enrolled on a pasta course and am now thinking ahead to pasta machines. I’m thinking about a hand cranking one, not an automatic one. Anyone on here have any tips, advice etc?

You can get a motor that clips on to the Imperia ones, so if you do use it a lot and get fed up of cranking it, you can add the motor, others might also have this option.

 

[Johnnyboy]

Sometimes for a quick snack I'll race the water boiling from cold and try and be ready with the pasta by the time it's boiled. No sauce, just warm olive oil and garlic, it's amazing![/QUOTE]

With a little grated cheese, a piece of crusty bread to mop up with and a nice glass of red wine. Heaven.

 

[dannyboy]

I found it a major faff so I just roll out the dough really thin and cut it...…. much quicker

 

[WATFORD zero]

I got bought a pasta machine, made sure I got top quality ingredients, set it all up, and took a while to make fresh pasta. It was lovely



just like fresh pasta from the shop. (Think the pasta machine is still at the back of a cupboard in the kitchen)

 

[Gwylan]

I don't find the pasta making a faff; what I do find a pain is washing the machine afterwards. It takes ages to get all the bits out

The other thing no-one's mentioned is to get proper 00 flour, making it with plain flour doesn't work (at least, it didn't for me)

 

[Mr deez]

00 flour & semolina mix is best.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

True. It is a palaver to make pasta.

Not really. Making to dough takes 5 mins, wrap it in clingfilm put it in the fridge, give it half an hour then put it through the machine - pretty easy really. Results are good.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Being prepared is the key. Clear the whole work surface/table where you are making the pasta. Have a drying rack or chair read to hang the pasta. Loads of flour.

We got into making spaghetti and it was delicious. I'm thinking ravioli next.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Being prepared is the key. Clear the whole work surface/table where you are making the pasta. Have a drying rack or chair read to hang the pasta. Loads of flour.

We got into making spaghetti and it was delicious. I'm thinking ravioli next.

I can make a really good bolognese so I’m lookimg forward to making this into ravioli. Plus some more adventurous versions. I also had a really nice minced mussels spaghetti recently, which I’m also lookimg forward to making from scratch.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Made my first pasta this weekend, tortelli filled with spinach and ricotta, went well.

 

[Bladders]

Made my first pasta this weekend, tortelli filled with spinach and ricotta, went well.

No pictures then?


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[Herr Tubthumper]

No pictures then?


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I do, but I can’t load them from my iPhone. I’ve had this issue for sometime now.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I have the past roller attachment that goes on the Kitchen Aid. I highly recommend. I also recommend duck eggs.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

No pictures then?


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Here you go

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As an aside I went to the Follakzoid matinee show straight from the pasta work shop. The door man said “Can I check my pasta machine into the garderobe” was probably going to be his quote of the day.