For the Love of Pasta, Part One: Spaghetti

Peter Pasta shows you how to make fresh egg spaghetti.

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• pasta
• rp's
• madison
• wi
• fresh
• kitchenaid
• Cooking
• spaghetti

[rppasta]

Thank you very much.

Peter Pasta

[ChefCathyBS]

Peter Pasta,

Hi I enjoyed your videos. I am a field rep for KitichenAid and will be teaching pasta maker for them at William Sonoma.

questions - I found I needed to add 3 Tbsp of water to get my dough to a pie crust consisentcy. Also how many sections did you divid the all purpose flour recipe into. Leaving the ball whole was too big. I cut down in half and roll separetly.

Do you let the dough rest before rolling, and do you let the pasta dry out before cooking.

Thanks Cathy

[rppasta]

HI Cathy,

I'm surprised you had to add so much water. The dryer the better. I even divide the dough into 3 - pieces to make it last longer for doing the demos. I do not let the dough rest before rolling or dry before cooking. The dough should not be sticky at all. If it is there is too much water.

Thank you

Peter Pasta

[maylien]

Very instructive and informative. I have the pasta maker for my KA and have used it several times, as well as years of using the manual Atlas one. You gave good tips and explanations that I haven't heard before, so thank you very much! I viewed all your pasta videos and they are great!

[rppasta]

Thank you very much. We work hard to make the best pasta

Peter Robertson

President

RP's Pasta Company

1133 East Wilson St

Madison WI 53703

608-257-7216

[cajuntexancook]

@rppasta I hope they plan on changing the recipes that come with the mixer and attachments to yours - much better. Thanks for making this as easy as it should be.

[gurlypowa]

@ChefCathyBS im making it right now, i also had to add more water, or else i couldn't  form it into a ball before kneading. im a little nervous, i don't think its gonna turn out :o(

[4apples]

2 people are allergic to gluten :P

[funnyyale26]

@madelon1so

"this is man's a fake"

awwwww (I agree with you) but your comment sounded so sweet.

[rpspasta]

Thanks for the support. I love the idea of stirring in a little cream cheese to tomato sauce to get a tangy creamy sauce. I'll spread the love.

Peter Pasta

[LoveMyPhilly]

Great video on how to make fresh spaghetti! 5 stars!

[3rdMarineDiv]

That is great. Is there an automatic shut off for small fingers? I just would be concerned about samller hands getting pinched. Good to see the Kitchen Aid device comes as a set. I need to add that to my wish list!

[StinkyAndGrumpy]

Thank you for the nice video and recipe. We are finally able to make great pasta with the KitchenAid pasta attachment!

Regarding the amount of water, we found that it varies highly depending on the eggs and the humidity in the kitchen. I've had to add anywhere from 1-3 tbsp water to get the right consistency.

[rpspasta]

Yes, If it comes into a ball the moisture is too high. The rollers will essentially complete the mixing process with the pressure of the rollers.

[bigtonutz]

peter the dough wether AP flour or semolina should not come to a ball while mixing?it should be crumbly?do i have that correct?