odespinner

I watched the youtube clip, read the instructions on the box and made the pasta dough to Jamie’s recipe. So why did my dough not roll smoothly through the pasta machine? Several attempts later I gave up and used a rolling pin.

My friend the cheesemaker has given me some post-disaster tips. It seems that I should have used lots of flour to smooth the passage of the dough through the rollers. I’ll try that tonight with the cheesemaker’s much simpler dough recipe. I probably should have rolled the dough a bit beforehand.

I kneaded you

I cared for you

I put you in the chiller

Then I wanted you to roll

But you became a killer;

Killing all my pasta dreams

I pounded you some more

Why are you so mean to me

The one you should adore?

I’m going to cover you with flour

And roll you through again

Even if it takes an hour

It might be worth the pain.