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Pasta Pro:
Easy Family Favorite Pasta Recipes
Easy Family Favorite Pasta Recipes
by Cooking Penguin
The author of Pasta Pro shares with us a recipe for making fresh pasta.
Description
Put away the canned sauces and frozen lasagnas; who wants to pay premium prices for what anyone can make in their home – using fresh and healthy ingredients – with just a little effort and a tiny bit of practice? For this edition, we've narrowed the field to look at a few Italian style pasta preparations as well as a few of the internationally beloved dishes of the modern era. With these basic recipes and tips as reference points you’ll be able to put together an endless variety of pasta dishes; putting your own personal mark on classic staples like marinara, and even creating your own new, original pasta dishes.
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Fresh Pasta Recipe
Ok, we're getting started. This is a basic recipe for a pasta dough; I originally used it for lasagna, but it's easy to adapt it to any purpose you can imagine. Think of it is an artist's mannequin; you can bend it, twist it, and dress it up any way you want, just as long as you maintain the basic liquid to solid ratios.
Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs
3 tbsp water
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
3 tbsp water
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
Directions:
Mix together eggs, water, oil, and salt and set aside. On a clean work surface lay make a mound or pile of the flour and put an indentation in the center of it (it should look a little like a volcano). Pour the egg mixture into the indentation and begin mixing with the tips of your fingers until all of the mixture is incorporated into the flour. Some flour may not want to incorporate, this is fine. Knead the dough for 10 minutes in any remaining flour before rolling out and placing in the refrigerator for 1 hour to rest. Cut into the desired shapes and bake or boil.
Praise for the Book
"Truly an easy to follow pasta book with delicious dishes presented. A practical presentation with ingredients I already use regularly and our family enjoys. About half of the recipes match my own and I highly recommend to other readers/meal preparers. The rest of the meals are just what I have been looking for with simple instructions and excellent results ..." ~ Preston Bonney
"I love pasta and everything about it. This recipe book has recipes that are harder and some that are easy the kids can help with. We have tried 3 recipes now and loved them all, can't wait to try more. The portions that this book gives is great for my family of 4 with 2 growing boys. I will definitely be looking at buying more recipe books from this company." ~ Maggie
"I think this is one of the best pasta and sauce books I've read. A lot of thought, time and effort went into the book. I highly recommend this book." ~ RAH "Remodeler"
"Wonderful recipes. Great Italian pasta sauces ... I got hungry just reading them. Pasta recipes, too. Also awesome pasta fagioli recipe ..." ~ LjLaPo
"Just the cooking book I needed." ~ David R. Preston
From the Author
In case you are pondering, pasta is in a sense a way of great family tradition. Pasta relates to Italian cuisine that has been around since the old Sicily times. You get this beauty from flour, cereals, grains, and eggs. This alone doesn't give you a "true" taste of Italiano. No matter where you are in the world, this book will give you a sense and a keen awareness of Italian cuisines that you have never imagined before.
Having kinfolk and good pastas is a way to bring everyone to the table. A fun fact about pasta is: it's cheaper than most foods in grocery stores and it can keep you pleased via the palate throughout the day. The recipes in the book give you those opportunities - a way to learn and experience Italiano fulfillment.
Culinary uses with any of these recipes do delineate a nicety - whether you're trying them from your home, a restaurant, or a place of regality – there’s no displeasure in the hearts of the ones you serve.
For enrichment and a sweet-smiling subtleness, you'll find a recipe that will suit your liking and undoubtedly tantalize any person with a hearty wonder. We give you some of the finest Italian recipes that have been modernized and that'll give you the flavor of Italiano perfetto and structure. Enjoy and la famiglia è per sempre.
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