Paula Wolfert has a straightforward recipe for gnocchi in her Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking book. At first glance I was not sure how the recipe would work. It has no eggs at all and little flour, a portion of which is cake flour (ie has very little gluten). After making those a couple of times though, […]
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I mentioned before how much Diana loves butternut squash tortelloni with sage. I have to make them as soon as fall comes around and the first winter squashes start showing up, I start making plans to prep a batch and maybe freeze some for later. This time around I wanted to try something different, maybe a bit
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My brother was kind enough to carry this Chitarra all the way from some small Italian town. Apparently it was quiet a chore to locate a Chitarra even in Italy. So thanks to him and to my cousin (who actually paid for it) I get to make Pasta alla Chitarra. For the dough I went
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My three-year old insisted on pulling the pasta machine out to make “noodos” a couple of days ago. Who am I to tell him no? Especially when he was so helpful. With little guidance from me, he rolled and cut almost all the pasta. I served them with butter, Meyer lemon juice and zest, butter
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