Pasta Dishes and Recipes
Simple Dinner Pasta
Ingredients
- Dry Pasta (Any shape works.)
- 1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil
- Pinch of Salt
- 1in x 1in x 0.5in piece of butter per each dish
- Water
Recipe
- Fill Pot with Water.
- Add pinch of salt and olive oil.
- Add desired amount of pasta.
- Place one segment of butter into each bowl being served.
- Add a small amount of pasta water to the butter to melt it.
- Remove water from pot.
- Serve with any desired toppings.
Carbonarra (According to Food Network)
Ingredients
- 1lb of Spaghetti
- A single 12oz Pancetta, cut into matchstick-like strands.
- 2 Tablespoons of Unsalted Butter
- 1 Tablespoon of Black Pepper
- 1 Cup of Parmesean and 1/2 Cup of Pecorino Romano
- 4 Eggs and 2 Extra Yolks
Recipe
- Fill Pot with water.
- Add salt and boil water.
- Whisk eggs, yolks, Parmesean, Pecorino, pepper, and butter until combined.
- Cook Pasta, save 1 Cup of water.
- Cook the Pancetta in a skillet until crisp.
- Add pasta and the remaining water to the skillet.
- Add egg mixture and stir until creamy.
- Serve
Fresh Spaghetti (from my Great Grandmother's Old Cookbook)
Ingredients
- 3 1/2oz of Flour
- 1/8 Teaspoon of Salt
- 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
- 1 Large Egg
- (Note: Flour, Salt, and Olive Oil is in relation to 1 Large Egg. Sclae accordingly with more eggs added. The Olive Oil is also optional.)
Recipe
- Pour flour on pastry board. Make a well in the center. Add the egg(s) and beat them in the well.
- Add salt and oil to the eggs. Mix the egg mixture and flour by drawing flour in with the fork.
- Gather all of the dough into a ball and clean off the dry dough flour (to avoid marring the pasta)
- Knead and stretch the dough by folding it over itself. After 15 minutes, the dough should be uniform. Add a small amount of flour if needed to prevent the dough from becoming sticky.
- Cover the dough with an upside-down bowl. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough out into a thin disk with a rolling pin. Flour to prevent sticking.
- Roll out the dough radially to thin the dough more, flip dough over during rolling. Alternatively, use a pasta roller to form the dough.
- Once the dough is less than 1 millimeter thick, and nearly translucent, cut or use a pasta machine to create desired shapes. In the case of spaghetti, cut into thin strands, or use a pasta roller to create the spaghetti.
- Cook for a short amount of time in boiling water.
- Serve however desired.