Monday, July 7, 2008

Cecilia, Larry and the Tagliatelle


Today we’re on a mission: Cecilia and Larry are going to make FRESH TAGLIATELLE from scratch with me. By the way: I love working with couples. It’s so much fun!
Making fresh egg noodle the old, traditional way, is simple and fun, not to mention it’s just delicious!
Ready?










Ok, let’s do this!First, we get a little help for the dirty work

Not much, though, just to get us started, since today we are definitely going to use our hands for this project. So we start kneading....










...and then we knead again...











…and then we knead some more! See? Isn’t this good deal? You pay for the cooking classes and the working out part comes for free!










Now we let the dough rest a while, making sure it does not dry out










We need some help to get the pasta machine ready, but we have the right man for the job










Here starts the rolling phase. Let’s get a piece of dough













Rolling, rolling, rolling…













...Rolling, rolling, rolling…










....more rolling aaaaaand.....










CUT!




























“Aren’t they loooooveeely?” (singing like Stevie Wonder, here)
Now here are a few suggestions on how to treat these cute guys…










Some fresh zucchini would be good










Don’t forget the fresh mint










And how about some citrus shrimp? Yummy…










Someone needs to taste. Salt's ok?













Even some champignon mushroom sauce would be good…whatever you pick, make sure you boil the noodle in lots of water and saute’ the pasta for a few minutes in the pan with the sauce you use.






















OK. We are done and gone to eat now.

There would be so many other great ideas for this pasta…slurp!
Care to share with us what yours would be?

Bye bye and buon appetito!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

ehi ehi, americana, le tagliatelle si tagliano arrotolando la pasta e richiando di rimetterci le dita!! ;) too easy, like this... :PPP bacioni

Unknown said...

Accipicchia! Dimenticavo che "la modenese" era nei paraggi! ;-) Sorry, dear...ho fatto del mio meglio :-)

Anonymous said...

la modenese ha preso or ora possesso della sua proprietà in quel di carbonera. tomorrow, some friends will come for a spritz-time! ;) don't tell it to the "cat", it's a surprise! :D baci, bella donna.

Anonymous said...

wow wow wow pensavo de 'ddovè 'pparlà in ammmericano
chi fa la pasta ha un posto nel cuore del mondo!!!
che bello trovarti qui
dani l'immigrata
(sai tu non pui capire proprio tutto di noi ,sei immigrata .sic)
(una collega ,che cucina da schifo altro che tagliatelle )
sob

Unknown said...

...non ho mica capito: chi e' "dani l'immigrata"? Io? Tu? Entrambe? Comunque sia...benvenuta e sappi che un piatto di tagliatelle fatte in casa non si nega a nessuno :-) Ne ho giusto un po' in freezer. Sei di passaggio? :-)