[OGRipper]

Made fresh pappardelle with bolognese yesterday, got drunk and took a few pics in the process. The sauce is based on Paul Bertoli's method, I used a mix of chuck, veal, pancetta, and chicken livers. The pasta is 50/50 AP and semolina flour with eggs. Friggin tasty.

 

[narlus]

<applause>

sounds and looks great. nice job.

 

[TreeSaw]

That looks AWESOME!!!!!

 

[SkaredShtles]

Goddam - I approve wholeheartedly.

Did you make pappardelle because you're lazy or because you don't have a pasta cutter?

That reminds me - I really have to make some fresh pasta soon. Morry jg & I made a big batch of linguine for our families and used it for carbonara.

 

[OGRipper]

We have a pasta machine with cutters for fettucine and linguine, but I wanted wider noodles for this dish. Cutting by hand was a little more work but always satisfying and the results were worth it. Last night I was lazy and used dried pasta for the leftover sauce - still really good but not the same.

 

[trailblazer]

yum
i can almost taste it from here

 

[SkaredShtles]

We have a pasta machine with cutters for fettucine and linguine, but I wanted wider noodles for this dish. Cutting by hand was a little more work but always satisfying and the results were worth it.

More work? I always find pappardelle to be the easiest of all the shapes to make. Have you ever tried using a pizza cutter to make it? Fastest pasta in the West.

 

[OGRipper]

More work? I always find pappardelle to be the easiest of all the shapes to make. Have you ever tried using a pizza cutter to make it? Fastest pasta in the West.

Easier than running it through the cutting blades on your machine? A pizza cutter would make it a little faster but still not as fast as the machine. Anyway, I don't have a pizza cutter so I do it with a knife. I like how it comes out less than uniform and it's not much work regardless.

 

[DRB]

Easier than running it through the cutting blades on your machine? A pizza cutter would make it a little faster but still not as fast as the machine. Anyway, I don't have a pizza cutter so I do it with a knife. I like how it comes out less than uniform and it's not much work regardless.

No pizza cutter? Everyone has a pizza cutter.

 

[OGRipper]

No pizza cutter? Everyone has a pizza cutter.

Nope. Don't remember ever owning one - or missing it. I try to avoid gadgets with limited use.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Easier than running it through the cutting blades on your machine? A pizza cutter would make it a little faster but still not as fast as the machine.

It's absolutely faster than the machine. I roll all the dough out in sheets on the counter then whip it all out with the pizza roller. It comes out with all sorts of odd waves and stuff. I find the cutting phase of my pasta maker to be the fiddliest stage by far... of course, yours may be better than mine.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Nope. Don't remember ever owning one - or missing it. I try to avoid gadgets with limited use.

My mom always used a pair of scissors to cut pizza.

We use our pizza cutter for cutting pizza, pancakes, pasta and a number of other things...

 

[DRB]

My mom always used a pair of scissors to cut pizza.

Not to take pot shots at your Mom BUT that sounds like the dumbest thing ever.

We use our pizza cutter for cutting pizza, pancakes, pasta and a number of other things...

It definately gets used a lot in our house.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Not to take pot shots at your Mom BUT that sounds like the dumbest thing ever.

Nice shot.

It always seemed to work OK...

 

[narlus]

Not to take pot shots at your Mom BUT that sounds like the dumbest thing ever.

agreed...tomato sauce in the pivot?

CLEANING NIGHTMARE!



btw, i can't think of the last time i used my pizza cutter.

 

[OGRipper]

My mom always used a pair of scissors to cut pizza.

Since we're taking pot shots: Did she cut your hair with a pizza cutter?

 

[SkaredShtles]

agreed...tomato sauce in the pivot?

CLEANING NIGHTMARE!

Must not have been too bad. Of course, I didn't do the dishes.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Since we're taking pot shots: Did she cut your hair with a pizza cutter?

Nice. My mom's still alive and she's gonna kick your a$$.

 

[OGRipper]

Nice. My mom's still alive and she's gonna kick your a$$.

Yeah, my mom is still very much alive and kicking too. Cage fight!!

 

[narlus]

Since we're taking pot shots: Did she cut your hair with a pizza cutter?

as a matter of fact, yes.

 

[SkaredShtles]

as a matter of fact, yes.

Man are you guys slow. We didn't HAVE a pizza cutter.

She used sheep shears.

 

[BikeMike]

I just cooked up a big pot of the stuff yesterday, using Marcella's guidance. It is delightful.

OG, I read somewhere that Bertoli makes a broth from oxtail and a bunch of other stuff for his Bolognese. Did you go through with the involved broth process or did you work around it?

 

[SkaredShtles]

The chicken livers are definitely the "secret" ingredient in really good Bolognese...

 

[OGRipper]

I just cooked up a big pot of the stuff yesterday, using Marcella's guidance. It is delightful.

OG, I read somewhere that Bertoli makes a broth from oxtail and a bunch of other stuff for his Bolognese. Did you go through with the involved broth process or did you work around it?

Nah I just used store-bought veal stock.

 

[MMcG]

Back to the dish - damn that looks mighty tasty! Good work.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Morryjg came over yesterday and we whipped up an extra big batch of fresh pasta that we tossed with grilled chicken in a basil/sundried tomato cream sauce.

It was quite good.