Yep, that's what it translates to. Puttanesca.

Made some fresh pasta (4 xl eggs, 3.5c flour, should have used some semonila, but didn't have any, natch)

Tossed some garlic in a pan, I think about 4 cloves, and some dried chilis....because I had them. I'm sure you can use some pepper flakes. Sauteed for a minute or 2, enough that I didn't burn the garlic, then threw in 2 cans of fire-roasted tomatoes, a cup of half-mooned zucchini. Cooked few minutes (maybe 5?) then tossed in a half a cup of black olives, and 2tbs of rinsed capers. Cooked the pasta for a few seconds then threw in the pan and tossed. Served with a (cheap 8.99) Multipulciano.

(started out with a French 75 cocktail)

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Attempt 1 at homemade pasta.

This was a couple of months ago.

Lessons learned:

Hand rolling will never get it as thin as you like it without double the arm strength of sanity

Bigger is not better, because they almost double in size.

Next attempt.

lessons learned:

Pasta rollers are GREAT. But I can still improve the look of the ravioli.

Last attempt (this weekend)

These ones were worthy of lobster/crab.

Presentations were "eh" because it was a family meal.





Lessons learned:

the 6.99 ravioli "punch" is great, but I kinda like the hand made look....so I'm torn... maybe I'll experiment more...

I should probably invest in a mixer with dough hook....hand mixing isn't all that fun.

I'm getting pretty good at getting the right feel for the pasta doing it by hand though....using a mix of semolina and AP. I'm also working on more efficient tricks to rolling it out and getting the right size strips without wasting a bunch of dough scraps.

I'd be willing to go out on a limb say that I can make some good tasting pasta dough and I'm pretty confident about it now. I used to make the the day before as to ensure the dough would roll out ok, etc. etc. now I'm confident.

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BAM!

Homemade hand rolled ravioli pasta with 2 different fillings in a brown butter balsamic sauce:
Meat (beef/veal/pork)
Potato & Cheese (Farmers, Goat, Marscapone, Parm)

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