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E KNOW the convenience of packaged food
has changed the way
we live our lives, in
many ways for the better. Sometimes we’re in a such a rush to get
dinner on the table that we need a
10-minute meal. But at the same
time, too many of us think of food
as something that comes from a
box or a can, unaware of what it
actually takes to make some of the
most basic foods. When it comes
to something as simple as the ingredients in pasta (the answer being nothing more than flour and
water — and sometimes eggs),
many are left scratching their
heads, not sure how to start.
We’re advocating that you take
advantage of those days where
there is time to make dinner to
really make a meal from scratch.
It’ll remind you of how fun cooking can be. The best place to start
with this slow-down cooking is to
make fresh, homemade pasta.
The thought of making pasta
from scratch may seem like too
complicated a task to broach,
but it takes two ingredients and
a pasta machine — it couldn’t
get any simpler. And with homemade pasta, you barely need to
worry about a sauce because
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Too many of us think of
food as something that comes
from a box or a can, unaware of
what it actually takes to make
some of the most basic foods.”
the pasta itself is the star of the
show. It takes only minutes to
cook when done, and if you make
a big batch you can freeze it and
have 10-minute dinners ready to
go for those busy nights.
From start to finish, making
fresh pasta won’t take longer
than an hour. It takes 10 minutes
to make the dough, 30 minutes
to let it rest (time you can take
to prepare the rest of dinner) and
20 minutes to roll it out. Once all
that’s done, dinner can be on the
table in less than five minutes,
since it only takes four minutes to
boil freshly-made pasta.
Here’s how it’s done: