Since it's March Break, the kids are off, today I have Matthew home, the other two are with Grandma! So, Matthew and I decided to make some fresh pasta. We were inspired by Master Chef- we have been inspired before with failed results, and with fantastic results! So we were ready for the pasta challenge...!
We got all of our ingredients...all three of them! This was a bit of a shock to us...clearly we are not very serious pasta people, we had no idea how to make it, or what was in it! Just flour, egg and water. The recipe we used said to knead the dough, so Matthew was more than excited to get his hands in there and mix it around!
Once I got his hands untied I got the mixture into a smooth ball and we covered it in plastic wrap to sit 'for at least 30 minutes'. We didn't know it would be so fast up to this point so ours sat for ... A few hours!
Next came the rolling out and shaping of the pasta. We were conflicted with how we were going to make our meal. I was thinking an easy option would be fettuccine type noodles, Matthew wanted to try a ravioli....so we did both! And he won the meat sauce option- I often don't think of meat, but Tim will be thankful Matthew was here for the consult!
Lots of rolling and cutting later and we had some pasta looking dough in front of us! All we had left was to bring the water to a boil, drop our noodles in for a couple of minutes and voila! Dinner!
It was very very yummy! We were really surprised with how easy it was! But if we do this again, which I imagine we will- we will roll our dough thinner and make sure to have cheese on hand for the filling.
Overall, t'was an excellent experience with my boy, and a very delicious outcome!
