Notes about Recipes in this book

• Whole egg and egg yolk dough

  • okcook on December 07, 2015

    There doesn't seem to be enough flour for the eggs. I used a total of 270 grams of flour versus the 225 grams called for in the recipe and this worked out fine. Nice dough.

  • Totallywired on October 21, 2018

    Great dough, mixed wet but easily corrected, terrific stretch and texture. Cut into paparadelle.

• Cocoa fettuccine with venison ragù

  • Vand11 on December 27, 2020

    It is unclear from the instructions as to whether to add whole eggs or just egg yolks. With just egg yolks, the dough was way too dry; when egg whites were added, a significant amount of flour needed to be added to compensate. Flavor of the ragu was very good - the cocoa fettuccine could improve in texture (but this is most likely due to the egg/flour issue).

• Ricotta ravioli

  • nicolepellegrini on June 19, 2015

    First attempt making these with the recommended "Whole egg, bread flour, and stone-ground wheat dough" was a disaster. Dough was not very pliable, wasted a lot of it just trying to cut maybe a dozen ravioli. The SO did not like the dough flavor and texture either once cooked. However, the filling was excellent so the next day I ended up making another batch to use up the filling with a ravioli dough recipe from another book, which came out much better.

• Egg yolk dough

  • Lepa on June 21, 2020

    I recently started to make pasta after buying a pasta attachment for my Kitchen Aid. This is the fifth dough I tried- and I don't feel like I need to try any others. This dough was a dream to work with and tasted great. I used it in lasagna today but look forward to trying it in other shapes/dishes. Note: I used a lot of sauce and didn't need to precook the noodles. They cooked in the lasagna perfectly.

  • Totallywired on October 15, 2018

    Good, strong, rich dough, that comes together well, rolls out evenly and without holes or tears. Durum flour not the easiest to find but available from online sources like King Arthur flour or nuts.com. Cut into tagliatelle - will continue to evaluate for other shapes, particularly stuffed pastas .

  • Totallywired on December 02, 2018

    This dough has quickly become my standard. It’s magic. Comes together flawlessly with a dough hook, good hydration yet not wet or sticky, terrific texture and colour, easy to shape or form, cuts cleanly. Adding the ingredients sequentially as stated in the recipe makes a big difference, I reserve the water and add only as much as necessary which will vary depending on temperature and humidity. Most recent use as sheets for lasagna bolognese, rolled out to notch 4 had enough bite to stand up to a rich ragu. 1.5 scaled recipe does not quite make two lasagnas. One fed a party of 10 with a long and substantial antipasto.

  • stacymarkow on June 20, 2020

    One of the best doughs I’ve worked with. Easy to shape, cut, and cooks up beautifully.

• Garganelli alla carbonara

  • Lepa on July 25, 2020

    We made this sauce to accompany a linguine made with the Egg Yolk Dough from the same book. It was so luscious- perhaps the best carbonara-type sauce I've ever made. My whole family enthusiastically recommends this recipe.

• Lemon fettuccine with scallops

  • bwhip on August 23, 2020

    Perfection, one of my favorite pasta dishes ever. I used the egg pasta recipe from American Sfoglino, which I just love - but added lemon zest during the initial blending. The finished dish was just delightful, nice and light, with lovely flavors from the bit of lemon, the scallops, the basil and olive oil. Looking forward to making this one again.

  • pattyatbryce on February 16, 2022

    I couldn't bring myself to chopping up my beautiful scallops and just seared them on the side. I'd do the same if I make again. It made it easier to reheat the extra sauce too.

• Potato gnocchi with corn crema and corn salad

  • bwhip on July 26, 2020

    A fair bit of effort, but so good! My first time ever making gnocchi, but thankfully the instructions were very clear, and the dish turned out great. Only change I made was grating a bit of Parmesan at the end rather than Ricotta Salata.

  • Paulacastillo on December 30, 2017

    Super tender! Didn't add salt to the dough, but put extra in the boiling water. We formed the gnocchi earlier that day and refrigerated them as instructed but they all clumped together by dinner time. Next time I will store them as long “fingers” flour them and formed them before dinner.

• Fettuccine with corn crema and charred green onions

  • katiesue28 on July 11, 2022

    The corn crema was great, but I’d double it and quadruple the scallions. Very light and fresh. A good first course, though slightly one note as a main course.

  • Totallywired on July 29, 2019

    Rich and decadent, a great seasonal, dairy-free, cream pasta. Could use more green onions for balance.

• Fazzoletti with crab and burrata

  • Totallywired on November 12, 2018

    Decadent and delicious. Taste for acid before serving.

• Maltagliati all'arrabbiata

  • Totallywired on October 21, 2018

    Terrific and easy, light eating sauce. Great primi.

• Béchamel

  • Totallywired on November 18, 2018

    Familiar béchamel, flagging here as a favourite for the very useful weight measurements for scaling.

• Baking Bites

  The book is filled with illustrations of pasta techniques and recipes...a wide variety of pasta dishes throughout the book that will show you how to put your homemade pasta to good use.

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