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Yesterday I got up feeling well enough to try a new dish last night. What a fool I am. That's another story.
The dish. For months I have been thinking of trying hand made pasta. Just a hand cut spaghetti. Nothing too adventurous. Right?
The book said it can be made in a few minutes. Either by food processor or by hand. My processor died a few month ago so by hand was the way to go.
The book said you could get a smooth silky pasta either way.
Armed with the last tomatoes from the brothers vines I set off into the madness.
I made a lovely meat sauce with ground beef and sausage. Then came the pasta.
Just the right amount of good flour. 3 room temp eggs, incorporated gently by hand. What did I get? A gloppy mess.
Too wet asks the book? Add more flour. Easy. I added the recommended amount, still gloppy. More flour and more flour! Still a mess. Tried to roll it out any way.
The result was a culinary disaster that I was ashamed even to photograph. WEEP! SOB! WEEP!
Battling with this tragic pasta had left my flu beaten body gasping for breath. So I just threw it away.
What did I serve my lovely sauce on you ask? Garlic Bread.
The dish. For months I have been thinking of trying hand made pasta. Just a hand cut spaghetti. Nothing too adventurous. Right?
The book said it can be made in a few minutes. Either by food processor or by hand. My processor died a few month ago so by hand was the way to go.
The book said you could get a smooth silky pasta either way.
Armed with the last tomatoes from the brothers vines I set off into the madness.
I made a lovely meat sauce with ground beef and sausage. Then came the pasta.
Just the right amount of good flour. 3 room temp eggs, incorporated gently by hand. What did I get? A gloppy mess.
Too wet asks the book? Add more flour. Easy. I added the recommended amount, still gloppy. More flour and more flour! Still a mess. Tried to roll it out any way.
The result was a culinary disaster that I was ashamed even to photograph. WEEP! SOB! WEEP!
Battling with this tragic pasta had left my flu beaten body gasping for breath. So I just threw it away.
What did I serve my lovely sauce on you ask? Garlic Bread.
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