/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13857244
you should roll the dough by hand.

>>13857244
Do you own a stand mixer? The attachment sets are usually a good value.
>>13857272
Gay.

>>13857272
This 90 year-old does it by hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr2tkjJrcaE

and so should you

>>13857278
>Do you own a stand mixer?
I don't.

>>13857244
making pasta yourself is absolutely not worth the effort

>>13857279
>you should do it because old people do it

>>13857282

>>13857293
dried pasta is even better since it went through a process of fermentation during drying while fresh pasta didn't.

>>13857302
Yeah, that must be why michelin star restaurants serve delello

>>13857244
>Is homemade pasta better than storebought?
Much better.

>>13857307
pure novelty value

>>13857282
you poor man

>>13857244
>Are pasta makers as difficult to clean as they seem, and are there any models that mitigate this?
You generally don't need to clean pasta makers.

The dough should be dry enough that none of it sticks to the rollers.

>>13857287
>WAH WAH

>I'm a millenial and I want machines to do everything for me. It doesn't matter if it renders me useless for all practical purposes

>WAH WAH

eh most home made pasta has lots of egg yolks in it doesn't it? Not healthy at all. I personally would not bother making my own pasta but i think it would be ok for making dumplings or ravioli.

>>13857332
Nigga, eggs are better for you than the flour.

>>13857326
Megacringe.

>>13857332
>eh most home made pasta has lots of egg yolks in it doesn't it? Not healthy at all
This is some fucking limpwrist comment

Is the taste worth the effort? Yes. Is the effort worth the value in money saved? No.
Boxed pasta is super cheap can be stored indefinitely and doesn't taste bad. Making at home is much messier and time consuming but the taste is noticeable and fresh pasta is amazing.
Buy one but make sure to also go through the effort to make sauce yourself instead of the jarred stuff. I suggest making it meaty with italian sausage and scrapping the fond off the pan with oil and garlic

>>13857244
>Should I go electric or manual?
Get an Atlas and you can start with manual and buy an attachment later if you find yourself making a lot of fresh pasta.

>Are pasta makers as difficult to clean as they seem, and are there any models that mitigate this?
Nah, they don’t require much except an occasional dust to get rid of whatever flour is on it and maybe dropping some mineral oil on the rollers.

>Is homemade pasta better than storebought?
Depends on what you put in it. I make better quality ravioli than anything storebought, but if I’m just making spaghetti chitarra I can sub in regular pasta without feeling like it’s missing much. The main thing is control - you’re not going to find pork blood pasta or pigeon-stuffed ravioli in any store, you gotta make that shit yourself. If you’re just doing spaghetti with red sauce it’s probably not worth your money unless you just like the idea of making it yourself.

>>13857332
>egg yolks unhealthy
>believing 1950s food propaganda

>>13857326
it would be so incredibly entertaining to watch you struggle to hand roll pasta dough

>>13857323
this.
Anytime i use my pasta maker i use a fresh, big brush to get out the flour from hard to reach places, but i know this is mostly unneccesary.
And honestly the few times i have washed it, doing it by hand is not that hard or time consuming.
Also doing it by hand is fun! i feel like a more automated might suck the fun out of making pasta.

Listen, you are not making pasta yourself because it is conveniant, you are doing it because it is fun and tastes great. its prob going to take longer time cleaning up your workspace from flour than it is cleaning your pasta roller.
Also a manual roller is a good excuse to cook with a friend!

>>13857942
>muhhhh carbbbssss xDDD

When will we look back on 2010s food propaganda with this type of mockery?

>>13859371
I mean, today? Do you speak to real people ever?

>>13857949
I've done it, but I didn't struggle.

>>13857244
A manual pasta roller is fine. Making the dough by hand is easy but using a rolling pin to roll it out can be difficult. Homemade pasta isnt that much bette than good quaity store brought, but homemade ravioli is miles better than store brought.

>>13859510
For me, it’s Hungry Man

I usually do mine by hand, but to say a manual roller isn't beneficial to anyone that eats a good amount of home made pasta is just silly
the machine just allows you to go thinner than you can roll by hand, it expands what you can do but if you're just starting you don't need it.
what you do need, is a proper recipe and a scale, that will make teaching yourself dozens of times easier


>>13857332
use a southern dough instead of a northern pasta, no eggs required

>>13859883
Nani?

>>13858690
Ayy lmao

>>13857244
Pasta machines are boomer shit. Use a rolling pin and a knife.

>>13857244
Just figure out what your budget it, aside from convenience there is not much of a difference in the end result between electric and manual. You can always upgrade later on.

If you're able to splurge and feel you would make good use of it, get a stand mixer and a pasta attachment. Just don't forget to pick up a pasta crimper if you're going for ravioli.

Avocado

>>13860180
it's ok. but really, green tea icecream is the worst green colored flavor. it's ok sometimes, but 99% of the time it's just gross.

Are you one of those retards who don't like mint food because it tastes like toothpaste? Mint ice cream is delicious with a warm chocolate cake.

I don't want to make a new thread because I'll probably get banned, so I'll just ask here. Is it just me, or does homemade fresh egg pasta smell like cum? I recently made a batch and had the sheets hanging on my pasta drying rack and there was definitely an unmistakable odor of semen emanating from it.

Now, I haven't actually smelled anyone elses semen besides my own, so it could also be that instead of fresh egg pasta smelling like cum, it's only my cum specifically that smells like fresh egg pasta, and not cum in general. Can anyone else confirm or disconfirm these findings?

>>13860242
does your cum smell like a mixture of sulfurs and raw flour?

>>13860242
I’ve made fresh pasta and I haven’t come across that smell. Do you have Italian heritage?

>>13857655
Very different textures can mix in flavors at whim. Oh and it will allow you to make raviolis and maybe dumpling?

>>13857244
Just get an atlas hand crank like the one in your pic and be done with it. Totally worth it.

Fuck electric.

>>13863115
I'm having a lot of fun. You don't know me, faggot. I'm taking a shit as I write this. It smells like rotten broccoli. I bet you didn't know I was taking a shit this whole time. I'm scratching my ballsack, too. It's dry and it fucking stinks because I haven't showered.

>>13857282
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>>13857318
Dry pastas are better for spaghetti and shit like that because you can cool them al dente. Fresh pastas are better for stuffed pastas and things with light sauces where you want a silky texture. Both pastas have a purpose and we should all be friends <3.

>>13857282
Vast majority of my pasta dishes are meat or seafood tomato based sauces. Dried pasta is king for the firm texture.

Anytime im doing german though I go for homemade spaetzle. absolutely worth the effort.

>>13857279
>fresh eggs
>fresh beetroot
>from Italian hilly countryside
>made by 90yo granny
That dish is probably the best and tastier thing posted on /ck/ ever.

>>13857244
What is even the point when you can't make radiatori with that shit?

>>13857279
>tfw Pasta Grannies indefinitely suspended due to Italian grannies all going into hiding thanks to corona