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Is anybody else making their own pasta?

 
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Wow, awesome examples of homemade pasta in this thread!

As my husband is of Italian heritage, he makes pasta from time to time, usually with the kids on a weekend.

In his homeland Argentina there are artisan pasta shops on every corner where you can buy different kinds of tagliatelle, tortelloni, gnocchi, agnolotti, ravioli etc. together with containers of different sauces. So if you want a delicious meal for the whole family you just get the pasta with the sauce and are ready within minutes. I was very impressed by this setup.
Here in Germany you get fresh artisan pasta but only in some fancy delicatessen shops and they are shockingly expensive.

Yesterday my eldest daughter had her birthday and for lunch we had homemade gnocchi, but the kind without potatoes which we prefer. They are extra fluffy and don't get stuck in your throat (as my son puts it...). Just Ricotta, flour, eggs and grated parmigiano, a quick meal when you serve it with sage butter.
Sometimes we make ravioli but we are still on a learning curve regarding tools and methods.

Then of course I also make Spätzle which also qualify as pasta I guess.
 
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I definitely think that spaetzle counts as pasta, and I love it. Now that we have our own chicken eggs, my pasta including spaetzle is so yellow. At first it was a little off putting, but now I love it.
 
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i’ve been carting around a pasta maker (roller) for almost 20 years since i bought it at a yard sale, and have never used it. this thread is definitely inspirational.

eggs are just starting to come back after the winter slump, maybe in a couple months there’ll be enough extra to start playing. my wife is gf, so now i’m pondering buckwheat/acorn pasta...
 
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