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How to make Fresh Pasta

Elena Bates 3 October 2019

Pasta is one of those versatile dishes that can be enjoyed with delicious sauces, stuffed with meat and vegetables or covered in cheese and baked in the oven. Making fresh pasta is a quick and easy process, although the assumption is one of mess and difficulty. Many also believe you must travel to Italy to eat real fresh pasta, however this is not true. If you master the art of pasta making you can enjoy the authentic taste of Italy in your own home.

The history of pasta and how to make it

Stuffed pasta

A brief history of fresh pasta

The history of fresh pasta in Italy is a long and fascinating one, with many different theories as to its origin. One of the most popular theories is that 13th century explorer Marco Polo discovered it in China. However, this is most likely untrue as evidence suggests it was eaten in Italy a century before. By the 16th century when the Italian Renaissance was in full swing, fresh pasta was considered food for the wealthy and served at feasts and banquets. Fast-forward to the 17th century fresh pasta was one of the staples of the common diet in Italy. This was due to pasta production developing across the country. Nowadays pasta is so central to the Italian cuisine it is eaten by almost everyone in the country once a day.

Pasta ingredients

How to make fresh pasta

Ingredients:

  • ‘00’ flour
  • Semolina flour
  • Eggs
  • Extra egg yolks
  • Salt

To create this famous Italian staple, you simply need to beat the eggs and slowly add to the flours and salt. Keep kneading the dough until it is springy and firm. Once you have the perfect consistency, the dough needs to rest for around an hour in a cool and slightly damp tea towel. After this the pasta is ready to go through a pasta making machine or created by hand, depending on which type you are making. Cook in boiling water for just a few minutes and stir regularly.

There are three main ways to serve fresh pasta in Italy. Pastasciutta which is a pasta in sauce, Pasta in Brodo which is a pasta in soup and Pasta al Forno which is a pasta cooked in the oven. Each region in Italy has its own speciality and dish native to the area. With food being fiercely localised in Italy you will rarely find certain dishes once you have left the city or area it originates from.

Chef making fresh pasta

7 Traditional Dishes Using Fresh Pasta

Trofie al pesto

Native to Liguria, on the North West coast of Italy. This traditional dish features frequently on menus. The creamy pesto marries up well with the small spiral shaped pasta. The sauce ingredients include basil, extra virgin olive oil, parmigiano, pecorino, garlic, pine nuts and sea salt. Simply blended up and added to freshly boiled trofie.

Trofie Pasta with Pesto

Bologna ragu alla Bolognese

Bolognese might be served the world over but its origins are in Bologna in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region. The pasta of choice for this dish is tagliatelle. This flat long pasta, cut like long ribbons is not to be mistaken with spaghetti, which is never used in this dish. The sauce consists of minced meats, chopped vegetables, stock, wine, tomato sauce and butter.

Bolognese alla Ragu

Orecchiette alle Cime di Rapa

This wonderful dish from the southern region of Puglia is a testimony to the area’s humble past. Made with Puglia’s most famous pasta, Orecchiette. Each pasta is made by hand from just durum wheat and water, egg is not used in the recipe as it was considered a luxury. This simple dish consists of Cime di Rapa, olive oil, pecorino, garlic, red chilli and anchovies. A lighter dish to suit the milder climate of the south.

Orecchiette with greens

Culurgiones

This typically Sardinian dish is famous all over the island. These stuffed delicacies are ravioli lookalikes but slightly larger and stuffed with spinach, butter, ricotta cheese, mint, mashed potatoes and olive oil. These fillings will be slightly different depending on which region you are in.

Culurgiones

Tagliolini al Tartufo Bianco

A truly northern dish, famous in the Piemonte region of Italy. This expensive and extravagant dish is famous for having the elusive white truffle grated on top. The fresh pasta itself is simple, just some butter and cheese are mixed in, the exquisite truffle provides most of the flavour. This rich delicacy can be found predominantly around Alba and Asti but also found in the north of Tuscany.

Tragliolini al Tartufo Bianco

Tortellini

These superb pasta dumplings are a true testimony to the Emilia Romagna region. Traditionally stuffed with pork, cured meats and parmigiano cheese then served in a broth. It can be found freshly made in most eateries in Bologna and Modena, the cities in which this dish was created.

Tortellini in Broth

Pappardelle al Cinghiale

This delicious hearty dish is native to Florence and is perfect in the cooler climate of Northern Italy. Wild boar is traditionally used as the meat of choice but these days it is often farmed due to demand. The pasta of choice is Pappardelle- the long ribbons of pasta are coated in the rich sauce, consisting of onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes, plus herbs and spices.

Pappardelle with wild boar

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