Saturday, March 19, 2011

Homemade Whole Wheat Pasta


I finally had some time to play with the Pasta Maker I got for my birthday. I decided to make some wheat pasta for the first time. It was so much fun!

Dry ingredients:

Wet ingredients:

Mixed into dough:

Cover and let rest for 10 minutes:

My set up (you like my Ugly Doll cookie jar, don't you?):

Dough formed into walnut size pieces. I know some are larger than others, I started second-guessing myself so this is what I ended up with:

The first batch of rigatoni (so fun!):

In action:

Here we have fusili, large macaroni and rigatoni shaped pastas:


I should have laid them out in layers to keep their shape. But, it was all good. What did I do with this pasta? I made some minestrone soup, perfect for the cold rainy Friday night.

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