Homemade Pasta Dough
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Making your own pasta is a very satisfying way to spend your time in the kitchen. The rewards come from both the effort that you put in and the fantastic new tastes that you can create for your family and friends at meal time. Homemade Pasta Dough explains how to make many different kinds of pasta from the raw ingredients. The book explains how to make pasta dough both by hand and using various machines to help cut down the work involved. Fresh pasta made at home is a very healthy option and there are lots of ways that you can vary the pasta dough you make. This will then add life to your pasta meals. The book contains details of mixing, rolling, cutting, stuffing and shaping your pasta. This is an updated and extended version of the original popular book with lots of new pasta dough recipes which will extend your pasta repertoire. There are also more details on stuffed pastas such as ravioli and tortellini as well as dessert style pasta. Also now included, are example recipes showing where the different pasta doughs and shapes can be used. Contents: Introduction Using machines or making pasta by hand? The basic pasta dough recipe Making the dough by hand Rolling the dough by hand Using a mixer to make the dough Rolling the dough using a machine Semolina based pasta as an aid to nutrition Pasta Dough recipe using all purpose flour Pasta dough recipe without eggs Colored pasta Green pasta Red pasta Dark red or purple pasta Other colors for pasta Herb pasta Roasted capsicum pepper pasta Lemon pasta Lemon and black pepper pasta Lemon and Parsley Pasta Pasta with saffron Egg noodle pasta Pasta dough made from whole wheat Fresh Lasagna Pasta Fresh Fettuccine pasta Dessert Pasta Chocolate Pasta Storing home made pasta Preparing pasta shapes by hand Using a machine to cut and shape pasta The best uses for different pasta shapes Stuffed Pasta Pasta dough recipe for ravioli Tortellini with a spinach and ricotta filling Agnolotti stuffed with beef and spinach Cappelletti stuffed with prosciutto, sausage and chicken Fresh pasta dough meal recipes, Conclusion
Elisabetta Parisi
Elisabetta Parisi loves all forms of cooking and food preparation. She experimented over the years with so many different kinds of cooking, from across the world, that she thought it was time to share her knowledge with as many people as she could. The first book that she wrote was called 'Homemade Pasta Dough' and came about due to her passion for all forms of pasta. This book was a great success and she produced an expanded second edition which was also put out as a paperback. The book still enjoys great success to this day. Since success with the first book she has written several other books on cooking both Italian food and food from other parts of the world including Tapas and Kebab style food. Elisabetta likes to give good value, and as a result she always includes as many recipes as she can in each book. The recipes are easy to follow and include enough detail to ensure that you will get great results. If you like cooking food you should definitely invest in the books that Elisabetta has written. She is always looking for a different slant on the world of food, so you can look forward to many other new books being published on Smashwords in the near future.
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Homemade Pasta Dough - Elisabetta Parisi
Homemade Pasta Dough
By Elisabetta Parisi
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Elisabetta Parisi
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Using machines or making pasta by hand?
The basic pasta dough recipe
Making the dough by hand
Rolling the dough by hand
Using a mixer to make the dough
Rolling the dough using a machine
Semolina based pasta as an aid to nutrition
Pasta Dough recipe using all purpose flour
Pasta dough recipe without eggs
Colored pasta
Herb pasta
Roasted capsicum pepper pasta
Lemon pasta
Pasta with saffron
Egg noodle pasta
Pasta dough made from whole wheat
Fresh Lasagna Pasta
Fresh Fettuccine pasta
Dessert Pasta
Storing home made pasta
Preparing pasta shapes by hand
Using a machine to cut and shape pasta
The best uses for different pasta shapes
Stuffed Pasta
Fresh pasta dough meal recipes
Conclusion
About the Author
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Introduction
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Most people end up buying pre-prepared pasta when they are making their favorite Italian dishes. This, of course, is very convenient and time saving. In the supermarket there are 2 forms of pre-prepared pasta that you can buy. There is the dried version, which is for sale everywhere, and then in larger supermarkets there are various versions of fresh pasta. These tend to be a little more expensive, but when you compare the two you will be amazed in the difference in both the taste and the texture of these two different pastas. The fresh pasta always comes out on top. That is the way it is, no competition. Therefore, you can see that fresh made pasta makes such a difference. We have become so complacent when it comes to pasta, that the first thing we reach for is the dried version.
Taking this a stage further, just think what the difference would be between the pasta that the supermarket mass produces and the pasta that you can create freshly in your own home. You can’t get any fresher than the pasta you make yourself; it won’t have preservatives or flavor enhancers; it will be just good honest pasta. In addition to this you can make the pasta the way you like it and use ingredients that are the best quality. In short, you can experiment with different flours and other ingredients until you come up with your own speciality pastas. Supermarkets can really only make pastas based on very basic dough ingredients. They couldn’t possibly provide a full variety of pasta dough recipes because they would never be able to sell them all. They are, therefore, stuck with selling just the basic ones that they know they can sell before the expiry date.
Pasta dough making, and then the transformation into different shapes and designs that you can use in your cooking, is both satisfying for your mind and stomach. Making pasta dough doesn’t have to be difficult either. You can make it completely by hand with simple equipment such as a mixing bowl, spoon and rolling pin. This can be a little time consuming and as a result you can speed up the process and make it easier by using some kitchen technology such as food processers and mixers. You can also buy specialized equipment such as pasta rollers and drying racks to get things done even more quickly and reliably. There is even a machine that will do everything for you. In this book I am going to describe basic pasta dough recipes for you to try, and then go on to show how you can produce more speciality pasta dough.
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Using machines or making pasta by hand?
Pasta can be made entirely by hand, totally by machine or a mixture of both. Making the pasta by hand can be hard work and you will certainly work up a sweat doing the rolling part. Some people say that all of this effort adds to the satisfaction that you get when the product is finished and you get to taste the result.
Rolling the dough takes the most effort so having a rolling machine to do this can make your life easier. There are 2 kinds of pasta rolling machines. One is