Pasta Makin' Fools

We have a good friend who is attending Oregon Culinary Institute and learned how to make pasta yesterday. He called us up and said, "get some sauce and come on over if you want to learn!" David was all over that. We were all just talking about home made pasta two days ago. I wasn't able to do much because Gabriel was SO interested in it, I had to keep him busy with other things to do. :) He did get to turn the crank when thinning out the pasta, but when it came to mixing and that other stuff, it was just W.A.Y. too messy!

It was so funny, when you make pasta, all it takes is flour, eggs, and a little bit of water. You're supposed to take the flour, put it on the counter and make it so the flour has a hole in the middle kind of like a bowl, pour the eggs in and start stirring with your finger until all the flour is mixed with the eggs. Well, when David poured his eggs in the flour, the hole wasn't big enough an the eggs spilled over the sides of the flour and onto the counter. He got it mixed together and ended up making some pretty good dough. The pasta after it was made into pasta. He is one happy boy.This is the finished product. It was really good! I was very impressed. I could really taste difference in the taste and texture. It's fresh.

David's set on getting a pasta maker now. It was a great FHE (even though it wasn't intended to be one) and everyone got to reap the rewards of the boys' hard work. I love it when David cooks dinner.