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2nd Man took some flour, olive oil and some farm fresh eggs from 2nd Family and worked his magic with them to come up with a rack full of pasta, like the one sold here: Marcato Atlas Pasta Drying Rack.
Then he used his mixer pasta attachment and turned it into fettuccine.
Then he used his mixer pasta attachment and turned it into fettuccine.
We had some basil in a large pot by the back door, and he pureed that up with some olive oil, nuts, garlic and Parmesan cheese and made pesto sauce.
It was very simple after that. We just boiled the pasta, drained it, tossed in some pesto and put it into a couple of bowls. Then we poured some extra pesto sauce on top, added some fresh grated Parmesan and cracked black pepper and we were good to go.
Mmm, it was a yummy dinner!
I'm so jealous of those who can make homemade pasta. I lurv pasta in any form. Looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteIt's really so very easy. Heck he cuts it by hand most of the time, you don't even need a machine. Try it! I'll have some pics soon of his hand process (he does it on the counter). Thanks!!
DeleteOne of my favorite dinners. Last year I had a bumper crop of basil, so I made lots of pesto and froze it so we could have a bit of summer in the winter.
ReplyDeleteLisa
You know, we've never had enough basil left over, we seem to use it up as it grows, but that's because we currently have it growing in clay pots instead of in the ground. I hope next year we have a bumper crop. I didn't know you could freeze it so easily. Cool!
Deleteyummy!! I have been thinking of getting the pasta attachments for my mixer. This looks so good!
ReplyDeleteHa, I got the attachments for him as Christmas gifts (or was it one for birthday and one for Christmas?) Anyway, it was the best gift. I get that for him, he's excited and then I get to eat homemade pasta, LOL!
DeleteI'm assuming you have a Kitchenaid? Yes, definitely get them when you can, they are great, especially for the unusual shapes.
Errmehgawd! That looks delicious. I am sure it tasted even better. (My tummy growled when I saw that). Where did SM get that nifty little paste drying rack?
ReplyDelete*pasta*
DeleteI knew what you meant. Yes it was delicious (and gone in about 10 minutes, LOL!).
DeleteI'll have a posting about the rack, I got your question about it, and Shannan below and a few direct emails. Thanks!!!
Um hello? gourmet chef you got there! Jealous!
ReplyDeletesecond on the buying info for the pasta drying rack.
Ha, he thinks he is sometimes! :-)
DeleteI am lucky, the other night he said "anytime you want fresh pasta, just say so, I enjoy making it". Um, YEAH!
I'll have a post about the rack this weekend. Thanks for stopping by!!!
This looks so yummy. Last week I made Alfredo with homemade fettuccine and it was divine. But I LOVE basil and this looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteOh he makes that too (it's one of my favorite dishes). Yes, this is so easy (well at least watching someone else make it, haha). It's just a basic pesto recipe and it blends well into the fresh pasta. Pretty vegetarian too ('cept the eggs in the pasta of course), but meatless is ok sometimes and just as filling. Thanks!!!
Deletei loooooove fresh pasta! and i looooove pesto!!! tell second man that even though i was licking the computer screen, the pasta was still deelishous!!! now THAT is an awesome cook!!!!
ReplyDeleteyour friend,
kymber
Love + Love = Love, right? Ha. Stop licking that screen it can't be good for the computer, hahaha.
DeleteThank you for the kind words.
Doesn't that look delicious! That along with some ripe garden tomatoes would be my idea of a feast. Is it dinner time yet???
ReplyDeleteOh, if we had had them we would have put them in. Tomatoes aren't ripe yet, and we got some from 2nd Family last weekend but they were gone quickly, ha.
Deletehey, it's always dinner time somewhere, right??
This looks sooo delicious... fresh, homemade... hey, is 2nd man a chef? We should try our hand at homemade pesto. I don't know why we don't. This dinner is an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteAwww, thanks, I will pass the comment along to him. No, he isn't a chef, he's just a self taught home cook that loves to do it.
DeleteYes, pesto is very easy, next time he does it, I'll run in there and take some pictures, ha.
Thanks again, you're very sweet.
Oh my, that looks so delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was delicious. I could eat like that every day. I must have been Italian in a former life, ha.
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