You do need to knead the dough like bread until the dough is elastic enough
to go through the pasta machine rollers without tearing.

Pasta dough is pretty stiff compared to bread dough, but it does need enough
liquid to be soft enough to be workable in the machine. Many people let the
kneaded dough rest, covered, for an hour before rolling - other say this
isn't necessary if you use a pasta machine (vs rolling it out by hand).

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"Oscar" > wrote in message
om...
> This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
> was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
> mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
> you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
> Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
> it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
> anyone help me? Thanks.

Oscar wrote:

> This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
> was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
> mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
> you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
> Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
> it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
> anyone help me? Thanks.

Kneading the dough will make it smoother and prepare it for rolling
with the machine. Putting the dough through the rollers itself is
a form of kneading. It develops the smoothness of the dough and
makes it more cohesive.

After initially mixing the dough let it rest 10 or 15 minutes,
then knead it again. This gives the starch in the flour time
to take up water and become more cohesive.

Start rolling the dough at the machine's thickest setting. After
the first run through the machine, fold it back over itself and
run it through again. Don't move to the a thinner setting until
you feel the dough smooth out and become more cohesive.

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Oscar wrote:
> This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
> was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
> mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
> you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
> Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
> it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
> anyone help me? Thanks.

how i make fresh pasta

http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html

ciao,

anna maria



www.annamariavolpi.com

anna maria wrote:
<snip>
> how i make fresh pasta
>
> http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html
>
> ciao,
>
> anna maria
>
>
>
> www.annamariavolpi.com
>

anna maria,

Congradulations on winning the Special Jury Award and the best of luck
to you for the upcoming "Best in the World" awards.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

anna maria > wrote:
>http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html

Wow.

*Nice* website.

--Blair
"And it's pretty clear I don't
impress easy."

Blair P. Houghton wrote:

> anna maria > wrote:
>
>>http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html
>
>
> Wow.
>
> *Nice* website.
>
> --Blair
> "And it's pretty clear I don't
> impress easy."


Yes and congratulations on winning the Special Jury Award and good luk
in the upcoming Best In The World competition.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

In article >,
(Oscar) wrote:
>This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
>was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
>mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
>you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
>Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,

Knead it till it's smooth and elastic -- it should be pretty
stiff, too, compared to bread dough. Then let it sit, covered,
for 15-20 minutes. Then knead it some more by running small
batches through the rollers set at their maximum width. Every
time through, fold it in thirds and rotate it 90 degrees before
feeding it through again.

I always do this ten times before starting to close the rollers
up.

Let me know if you have other questions; I've made a boatload of
fresh pasta.

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"It looks great at night. In the day, it winces like a hungover
vampire." -James Lileks, on Las Vegas

Many thanks to all who responded.

Ana Maria, I bookmarked your site. It's great!

Steve Calvin wrote:
> Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>
>> anna maria > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Wow.
>>
>> *Nice* website.
>>
>> --Blair
>> "And it's pretty clear I don't
>> impress easy."
>
>
>
> Yes and congratulations on winning the Special Jury Award and good luk
> in the upcoming Best In The World competition.
>

Thank you guys.... :-) website its lot of work.
The award will be an excuse to take a vacation to Barcelona, even if
February wouldn't be the month I would chose.

Ciao,

Anna Maria



www.annamariavolpi.com

(snip)

> Hi Oscar,
>
> Welcome to the club...
>
(snip)
>
> Then feed it through the rollers. You'll want
> to start it on one of the largest settings and gradually move
> down through the settings.
>
> HTH,
> Cyndi
>

Cyndi, LOL, I read your post as "Feed it to the trollers"! Maybe I'm not
awake yet. :-P

Jeesh!

Kili

"kilikini" > wrote in message
...
:
: (snip)
:
: > Hi Oscar,
: >
: > Welcome to the club...
: >
: (snip)
: >
: > Then feed it through the rollers. You'll want
: > to start it on one of the largest settings and gradually move
: > down through the settings.
: >
: > HTH,
: > Cyndi
: >
:
: Cyndi, LOL, I read your post as "Feed it to the trollers"!
Maybe I'm not
: awake yet. :-P
:
: Jeesh!
:
: Kili
:
: ======

<snort!>

Whew... had I read that 2 seconds earlier... my screen would have
been covered with coffee!

After you said it (okay, after I *read* what you wrote), I
re-read mine... you're right. It can, at first glance, read
"Feed it to the trollers".

What a hoot. I needed that today!


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<Remove a "b" to reply>

Rick & Cyndi saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us
all about it on Mon, 05 Jan 2004 18:06:04 GMT:

>"kilikini" > wrote in message
.. .

>: > Then feed it through the rollers. You'll want
>: > to start it on one of the largest settings and gradually move
>: > down through the settings.

>After you said it (okay, after I *read* what you wrote), I
>re-read mine... you're right. It can, at first glance, read
>"Feed it to the trollers".
>
>What a hoot. I needed that today!

I didn't know trolls liked raw pasta dough... lol!

~Karen AKA Kajikit

Nobody outstubborns a cat...

Visit my webpage: http://www.kajikitscorner.com
Allergyfree Eating Recipe Swap: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Allergyfree_Eating
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>an excuse to take a vacation to Barcelona, even if
>February wouldn't be the month I would chose.

February is the month I have ALWAYS chosen to vacation in Barcelona: lodgings
cheap, tourists scarce, and you don't have to concern yourself about whether
the AC is installed or working.

Neil

On 4 Jan 2004 11:57:33 -0800, (Oscar) wrote:

>This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
>was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
>mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
>you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
>Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
>it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
>anyone help me? Thanks.

I'm sure you've received lots of good advice. Here's another tip:
don't EVER wash the blades!!! Use a small brush to sweep away any
bits on it but don't wash it. I learned this the hard way with my
first Atlas pasta maker. I had to throw it away. I now have the
kitchenaid pasta rollers and they work great.

Lisette in Sacramento, California

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 23:54:25 GMT, anna maria
> wrote:

>Oscar wrote:
>> This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
>> was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
>> mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
>> you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
>> Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
>> it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
>> anyone help me? Thanks.
>
>how i make fresh pasta
>
>http://www.annamariavolpi.com/page28.html
>
>ciao,
>
>anna maria
>
>
>
>www.annamariavolpi.com
>
Anna Maria, what a FABULOUS web page you have!! Thanks so much!

Lisette in Sacramento, California