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Fresh Pasta - Drying it
Muppet81
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I have now mastered the art of making fresh pasta and rolling it in my Kitchen Aid pasta machine. :j
I cut it by hand into tagliattelle using a pizza cutter and dust it well with flour to stop it all sticking together.
It seems to help if it is then allowed to dry slightly but I can't decide how best to do this. I tried putting cling film onto a rail of my wooden clothesdrying rack and hanging it over there. All I could hear for the next hour were bits stretching then breaking off and falling on the floor :mad:
Do any of you clever OS people have any tips
I know you can buy drying racks for pasta but I suspect the same thing would happen and it would stretch and snap off.
I cut it by hand into tagliattelle using a pizza cutter and dust it well with flour to stop it all sticking together.
It seems to help if it is then allowed to dry slightly but I can't decide how best to do this. I tried putting cling film onto a rail of my wooden clothesdrying rack and hanging it over there. All I could hear for the next hour were bits stretching then breaking off and falling on the floor :mad:
Do any of you clever OS people have any tips
I know you can buy drying racks for pasta but I suspect the same thing would happen and it would stretch and snap off.
Thank you for this site :jNow OH and I are both retired, MSE is a Godsend
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I've never done this, but are the pieces you're hanging really long? Maybe they're just too heavy?May all your dots fall silently to the ground.0
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Not that long and I did fold them over if they were a bit long. They seem to stretch once they are on there.Thank you for this site :jNow OH and I are both retired, MSE is a Godsend0
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my granny always used to dry hers on a clean tea towel on the back of a chair. each pasta strand would have been about the length of the tea towel.
it was accompanied by my screaming whenever anyone tried to sit down :eek:0 -
Can't help with drying, but could you share your recipe for the pasta please? I recently bought a pasta maker from ebay but it didn't come with a recipe book and my first attempt at pasta dough wouldn't go through the holes!0
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I gently twist the strands into a little loose nest shape and sit it in a clean tea towel to dry.I have the mind of a criminal genius. I keep it in the freezer next to Mother....0
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Can't help with drying, but could you share your recipe for the pasta please? I recently bought a pasta maker from ebay but it didn't come with a recipe book and my first attempt at pasta dough wouldn't go through the holes!
I use about 8 oz plain flour and 2 eggs. Just tip flour onto table, make a well and add eggs, draw the flour in with your fingers and bring it together to a dough, knead gently until smooth. I sometimes add either tomato puree and chilli flakes to the dough or cooked, chopped spinach with as much water as possible squeezed out.I have the mind of a criminal genius. I keep it in the freezer next to Mother....0 -
Hi all,
From listening to what you are saying, the problem appears to be with your recipe.
If the dough is too soft it will strech & break off before it dries.
when you are making the dough it should just about come together & form quite a hard dough. Wrap it in clingfilm & rest in the fridge for 30-45mins. Then roll.
The recipe I use @ work is:
250g flour (use type '00' if possible, if not plain is an near alternative)
1 Whole egg
4 Egg yolks
15ml Water
15ml Extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of sea salt
Place the flour, salt, oil in a food processor (with a blade attachment) and press start.
Whilst running add the egg & yolkes until combined. If still appears dry & not coming together add the water gradually.
Remove from machine & knead for 3-5mins, the dough will feel tight (this is OK).
Rest as above.
Roll into plain sheets maybe only 3 or 4 at this stage, after rolling the last sheet goto the first sheet and roll through the cutters you require, then hang to dry.
I used to use a new broom handle wrapped in clingfilm but draped over the sides of a colander will do just as well.
Hope this helps.:jNo Unapproved or Personal links in signatures please - FT30 -
Hi nicki
Have you got one of the machines where you throw all the ingredients in and when its mixed you pull a trap door and the dough comes out and you can change the shape?...a bit like the play dough machines you get??? if soooo i will dig you out the recipe....as i have one-6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.50 -
MRSMCAWBER wrote: »Hi nicki
Have you got one of the machines where you throw all the ingredients in and when its mixed you pull a trap door and the dough comes out and you can change the shape?...a bit like the play dough machines you get??? if soooo i will dig you out the recipe....as i have one
I don't think so! Its more like a sausage maker. You are supposed to make the dough yourself then put it in the top of the machine and turn a handle like a crank. The idea is that it will then come out through the holes of whichever attachment you put on - penne, tagliatelle or spaghetti. My first and only attempt to use it failed to persuade more than a very tiny amount to come out through the holes and I gave up when my hands were red and blistered and I couldn't turn the handle any more. It may just be a rubbish machine but I suspect that the dough was also the wrong consistency!0 -
Just come back on line and thanks to all of you for your replies. :T
I was following a basic pasta recipe from a Jamie Oliver video - 100g pasta flour to 1 egg for each person. I just mixed it, using a fork, in a bowl then turned it out and kneaded it on a worksurface before running it though the pasta roller I found for £2 in a charity shop.
The first time I tried it it was a very dry mix and I added a small amount of olive oil - perhaps this is what was making it so stretchy? Lots of recipes have olive oil in though so I thought it would be OK.
The result is delicious and so different from dried pasta. I quite like the idea of forming a small amount into a loose nest and drying on a tea towel and will try this next time. If I drape it over a chair back the cat will think it is a new toy.
I like the idea of adding things to the pasta dough to colour/flavour it. So many possibilities
Thank you for this site :jNow OH and I are both retired, MSE is a Godsend0
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