Do you remember when whole wheat pasta tasted like cardboard? It’s much improved these days. In fact, where dried pasta is concerned, I prefer whole wheat for texture and flavor. Plus I know I am getting the extra fiber and nutrients that are lost in refined pasta. Add the meaty flavor and fullness of lentils […]
We had so much fun making pasta on the ghitarra at school that I decided to try it at home. Daughter was happy to help. We took turns rolling the dough through the pasta machine, then pressing it through the ghitarra. We keep a big Ziploc bag of pesto cubes in the freezer that we […]
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Ghitarra not only means “guitar” in Italian but also refers to this ancient device for making pasta. It looks like the guts from a piano with thin wires strung from one end to the other. But instead of making music it turns a sheet of pasta into delectable, chewy noodles. Lay the raw pasta dough […]
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