Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Home-Made Pasta

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Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-22-2004, 09:47 PM:

I just ordered a pasta attachment for my KitchenAid mixer and I'm curious...

...does home-made pasta get cooked or is it served/eaten "raw" ?

Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 02-22-2004, 10:00 PM:

I believe you cook it at least that's how I have seen it done on cooking shows.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-22-2004, 10:15 PM:

Did I mention that I host a cooking show? [Wink]

Soon as I figure this out I'll probably demo the technique in an episode.

My hunch is that it should be cooked because of the egg content.

I'm sure that the attachment will come with a recipe booklet and instructions but I figured...why wait to find out?

[ 02-22-2004, 11:25 PM: Message edited by: Manny Knowles ]

Posted by Josh Jones (Member # 447) on 02-22-2004, 11:46 PM:

I always though you just let it dry, then cook it, but I could be wrong [Confused]

Josh

Posted by Paul Trimboli (Member # 1509) on 02-22-2004, 11:50 PM:

Being from an Italian family I know the answers, you cook fresh pasta, if you ate it raw it would be, well like eating raw dough! The stuff you buy in a packet is made in the same way and dried, while if you make it fresh it will normally last a couple of days in the fridge and you cook in a pot of boiling salted water.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-22-2004, 11:56 PM:

Thanks Paul.

You said that the "box" pasta is made in the same way.

I wonder if that means that you don't find a difference between home-made versus store-bought.

Posted by Paul Trimboli (Member # 1509) on 02-23-2004, 12:48 AM:

There is a gigantic differnece between shop bought and home made, they taste nothing the same to me. I prefer some home made fresh pasta to dry, but if it were say spagetti then I prefer dry.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 02-23-2004, 01:41 AM:

Home-made Snickers bars also taste better than store-bought.

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 02-23-2004, 12:30 PM:

It makes a huge difference in the taste if you cook it fresh compared to dry. Personally I prefer dry. [Big Grin]

Being as I was married into an Italian family they always forced the fresh stuff on me - I never really liked it as much.

Usually (as for as I know) when you make it fresh at home, there is a period of time it needs to set before cooking- either in the refrigerator (less time) or set out (More time, better taste). At least thats always what I was told, I've never made it myself. And I know you usually cook it for about 4-6 minutes at a very low level of boiling water.

Hope that helps! [Big Grin]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-23-2004, 06:51 PM:

And I was hoping this thread would be for a home made Projector Oil recepie....

Mark

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 02-23-2004, 07:33 PM:

I have a Brazilian recipe using boiling corn oil to remove the glue from old projector lenses [Razz]

Fresh pasta is too fresh for taste [scream]