It turns out that there is not many unusual ingredients in pasta. So in the end we only need to buy: pasta flour, sage, sweet potatoes and feta as most of the ingredients we could find in the Fridge. Apart from a few setbacks we ended up making quite a good dish but it certainly tasted better than some of them looked.
Here is the recipe but make sure you follow the method properly and look at the top tips given as they will definitely help.
utensils:
pasta maker
frying pan
cooking pot
mixing spoon
strainer
For the pasta: (serves 3 or 4)
3 eggs
300g of pasta flour
For the filling:
1 garlic clove
3 sweet potatoes
150g of Feta cheese (goats cheese if preferred)
For the butter:
5 sage leaves
50g of butter
TOPTIP! make sure you make the filling before the pasta as this will prevent the dough from drying as quickly.
Method:
1. Cook the sweet potatoes in the microwave for about 7 minutes and make sure you jab them with a fork to ensure they don't "explode."
2. when they are ready remove the skin and put them in a bowl.
3. mix in the feta, sliced in cubes, and add the clove of, crushed, garlic.
4. you can set the mixture aside as you may not need it for a little while.
5. making the pasta is very simple especially if you have a blender!
6. pour the eggs in the blender and blend them until mixed.
7. add the flour a little at a time as this will ensure you mix it better.
8. if the dough is too wet then add how ever much flour you need or if it looks to dry add olive oil (you can use water if you don't have olive oil)
9. when it looks like bread dough then it is ready.
10. make sure your pasta maker is set to the normal one and not to spaghetti or tagliatelle.
11. role out your pasta dough so it is long not square as otherwise you will not get it through the pasta machine.
12. set your pasta machine so that it is on 1 or 2
13. when you have made your pasta dough thin enough role it through the machine.
14. make sure you hold the dough flat so it doesn't stick together but don't stretch it or it will rip.
15. set the machine to 3 or 4 and repeat step 13
16. set it to 5 and repeat step 13
17. if it is getting too long then cut it in half
18. set it to 6 and repeat step 13
19. lay the 2 roles of pasta dough on the table so they are flat. ( you may need to put flour down first)
20. cut the dough so it is in squares
21. you now need to bring back your filling
22. put about a teaspoon of filling into the centre of each square
23. get a bowl of water and dip your fingers in it
24. VERY GENTLY move your finger round the outside of the square
25. fold the square in half GENTLY and seal (it should look like a rectangle shape)
26. wet the 2 shorter sides and push them together.
27. it should look like the ravioli you buy in shop now
Once you have made the ravioli you need to cook them
28. get a large pot and fill it with cold water
29. place it on the hob and heat
when the water starts to form small bubbles it is ready
30. pour all the ravioli in the pot put carefully or the hot water will splash everywhere.
when the ravioli is cooked it will rise to the top of the water.
31. carefully takes these out with a ladle typed utensil but make sure you drain the water from the spoon if it is not a holed one.
32. when all the pasta is ready you can start making the sage butter
33. place your saucepan on the hob and put in the sage leaves and gently shake the pan so the sage leaves fry.
34. then you need to place the butter in the pan in small cubes so it melts quicker.
35. stir around the butter until it has melted.
36. when you serve up the pasta you can drizzle a little of the butter over the pasta.
37. then if you would like, you can grate some cheese over the pasta.
38. IT'S NOW READY!!
So there you have it. this is the pasta recipe we came up with last night and it was a fun enjoyable experience to do so.
If you have any questions or ideas do not hesitate to comment below
Lottie X
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