Tasty Bakes #2: First Attempt-Homemade Pasta

For starters I followed this recipe at All Recipes some what... but I am not good at following directions.

To begin I mixed the dough in a bowl with my hands until it was mostly formed at which point I dumped it onto my counter and began folding it, preparing it for rolling.

This is where I ran into my first problem: No rolling pin. Being a recent college graduate I used my resourceful broke ass thought process to use a beer glass in place of a rolling pin. This made things difficult because I could not get the pasta thin enough. Which in return made it take longer to cook. As well as the fact I cut the slices too wide as well.

Pasta Rolled and Cut

My pile of fresh uncooked pasta!

Next I boiled some water and added some olive oil and salt to keep the pasta from sticking together.

My pot waiting for the Yummy Pasta :)

Lastly I put in the fresh pasta and cooked it al dente as you would with box pasta. Like I said I hadn't rolled out the pasta thick enough so this took a bit longer than I had hoped it would but a lesson learned for next time.

Almost there!

All in all it came out pretty good and I didnt have to go out in the crappy 100 degree weather we are having. I may consider not purchasing pasta at the store anymore and instead make it at home. It defiently tastes better than store bought. I think the next attempt at pasta will be homemade ravioli!