Chops, green beans and pasta attempt #2!
Last week I tried my hand at fettuccine after watching Jamie Oliver teach a class how it's done. It all looked so easy! I failed. My dough was too dry, and therefore too tough to knead properly. I also didn't own a pasta machine, so my handcrafted results were thick, rubbery noodles. Enter the Marcato Atlas 150 and another attempt at the dough and... Ah ha! Fettuccine is perfected! 100g AP flour 1 lg egg + olive oil = 60 ml + 1 T water to 74 ml Mixing this almost killed my $20, 10-year-old food processor, I managed it and it made the kneading fast & easy! Still, I'm putting the Cuisinart on my Christmas list. Now the one-minute sauce: diced tomatoes (Fareway hydroponics, even), olive oil, butter, Italian seasoning, garlic, salt & pepper, cayenne. I tossed a handful of fettuccine in boiling salted water. Then I added the oil & garlic to a hot pan. Next the diced tomatoes and seasoning by the seat of my pants. After cooking for what couldn't h