Handmade gluten free pasta, can I make it? Will I be successful? Nowadays if we decide to embark on a new path, the internet and youtube can hopefully lead us into a more educated decision. I've thought about making homemade pasta for some time particularly since I must be gluten free. Gluten free pasta choices are very limited and usually much more expensive. I am intrigued with the possibility of making different colors of pasta. Thoughts of spinach pasta, chickpea pasta, beet pasta, ink squid pasta, egg pasta, come to mind. Do I need a pasta machine? So many questions and so many varieties and shapes to consider.
I was pushed into more research when I saw a pasta making workshop being offered at a local church. With the fact I wouldn't be able to eat what was made in the class made me rethink taking the class. But that didn't stop me from researching making pasta. Watching videos of kneading the pasta dough didn't deter me. Years ago I made homemade bread so I am familiar with kneading dough.
In this video it's uncanny how rolling the dough is much like rolling slabs of clay and manipulating them into shapes. Watch even if you don't intend to make pasta. The Italian music in the background stimulates my mind into the idea of making my own handmade gluten free pasta.
Have fun.
ReplyDeleteI am too lazy to make my own pasta. Which is shameful but true.
Hi Sue, thanks, I too am, but my choices and budget are so limited, I may be forced to.
DeleteMy son and his family were the proud makers of home made pasta with some kind of attachment they put on their big mixing machine. I don't know the recipe, and they had some trouble keeping the attachment in place because they lost one of the connecting screws or something, but it was very delicious. I don't eat pasta very often, so I was happy to enjoy theirs. Good luck on your new exploration, and do let us know the results!
ReplyDeleteHi Barbara, thanks, the video wasn't posted so I added it back in the rolling was so much like clay I was amazed.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't be bothered making my own pasta these days. And as for gluten-free...I'm not gluten-intolerant so the regular old pasta, breads etc., suit me just fine.
ReplyDeleteHi Lee, thanks, I wish I wasn't gluten free as the choices are so much more varied.
DeleteThis looks very interesting. I've thought of making pasta. People say home made pasta is so much better than store bought, like a whole lot of things home made I guess. I'll be very interested the first time you make it and let us know.
ReplyDeleteWe once went to a pasta making workshop that was held by an Italian, it was all really great fun, and I enjoyed winding the handle on the pasta making machine and seeing all the ribbons of pasta coming out! The skill set needed were like a combination of print making and potting!
ReplyDeleteYou recently visited my blog and found some of the photos on the latest blog post weren't displaying as they should. I tried it on several of our gadgets here and discovered that the fault seemed to occur with some browsers, but not with others! All very frustrating! This morning I re edited the blog and changed the formatting and took down some photos and put up others instead. It seems to be working for us now on all our devices! Thank you for letting me know that there were problems. I'm hoping that it works for everyone now!
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Peter & Laura
HI Denise, thanks, not sure how quickly I will do that what with the corono virus and my limitations in products and costs, we shall see.
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