Wednesday, March 10, 2010

"Homemade Pasta"

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Homemade Pasta

Ingredients:
3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
4 large eggs whisked

Directions:

Mound the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board or tray. Or in a large bowl. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add your eggs. With a fork begin beating your eggs together while incorporating the flour. Begin by using the inner rim of the flour and continue adding flour to the egg. Keep pushing the flour up to retain the “wall” of flour to keep the well shape. The dough will come together in an unkempt mass when about half of your flour is incorporated. Next begin kneading the dough with both hands. Add more flour if the dough becomes too sticky. Once the dough is together, remove the dough from your board or tray and knead about 3 minutes more. Scrape up any left over bits of dough and lightly dust the surface with more flour. Your dough should be elastic and a little sticky. Continue to knead for another 3 minutes all the while dusting with more flour as needed. If your dough is too dry add about 1 tsp of water and work you’re your dough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap or place in a re-sealable plastic bag and set aside for 20 minutes at room temperature. Cut into 3 sections and begin feeding your dough through your pasta machine.


Smoked Gouda Cream Sauce


Ingredients:
Salt to taste
2 T butter
1 cloves of garlic finely chopped
2 T All purpose flour
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 ounces of smoked gouda cut into small pieces
Ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat butter in a large sauce pot. When melted add garlic and cook for 1 minutes then whisk in flour. Cook an additional minute. Whisk in stock then cream. Bring to a bubble and stir in cheese for about 2 minutes until melted. Stir in a little pepper and salt and cook 3 minutes more. In a serving bowl toss hot pasta with sauce or pour directily over your pasta along with your tomato sauce.


Homemade Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion finely chopped
1 garlic clove finely chopped
½ cup chopped carrots
1 small green bell pepper finely chopped
1 stalk of celery finely chopped
1 T sugar
½ tsp salt
½ tsp of black pepper
1 - 32 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
1 bay leaf
1 T of Italian blend spices – oregano, basil
2 T Tomato paste

Directions:
In a large pot, heat the oil over a medium heat. Add the carrots and sauté for about 3 minutes. Next add celery, bell pepper and onions and cook until soft. Add in garlic and cook for about a minute. Add in tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, pepper ,bay leaf and spices. Add in sugar and taste. If you need more of anything else add at this time. Keep warm until ready to serve.
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