Homemade Pasta

Last week we made homemade pasta–twice. Owen got a real kick out of me mounding a pile of flour and cracking eggs into it right on the table.

They helped me hang up all the fresh Tagliatelle or “little rags”.

I read this tip for improvising a homemade pasta drying rack on the internet. Just about everyone has oven racks. Just remove one and prop it up for a generously-sized pasta drying rack.

It was pretty impressive to see all that pasta hanging out to dry.

We made some kale and walnut pesto to serve with it–using the bounty of the current season.

Another night we tried homemade ravioli stuffed with kale, ricotta, and Parmesan.   We’re really excited about this new prospect of homemade pasta.  Now we’re ready to try more flours, and more toppings and fillings.  I love mushroom ravioli–that one’s next.