I am throwing a potluck dinner on Friday. I was trying to figure out what to cook for my entry. I was waffling (no pun intended) between Gorchaboff (my staple potluck recipe) or spaghetti. I have a new pasta maker so I was leaning towards the latter, to show off delicious fresh-made pasta.
Last night was my usual spaghetti night. So I thought it would be an excellent way to do a dry run of pasta making. I’m glad I did. It didn’t turn out well.
Maybe I didn’t make the dough properly; I trusted the bread machine for that. I think I let it dry for too long while I was struggling with other parts. In any case, the majority of spaghetti came out in 2cm chunks.
It was still edible, but I don’t think I can trust myself to make good pasta with it when under a time pressure of people coming over.
Maybe next time.