The Perfect Gift for the Gourmet on Your List

Nothing beats the taste of fresh homemade pasta and sauce. Pasta makers don’t have to be expensive. There are many affordable units such as the CucinaPro Pasta Machine 6-in. wide roller, comes with a double cutter for spaghetti & fettuccini. An excellent basic pasta machine. For the perfect finishing touch add a tag with a recipe for pasta and sauce such as the ones following.

Fresh Homemade Pasta

2 large eggs
pinch of salt
2 cups sifted flour
1tbl spoon quality olive oil

On a large board mound flour, make a well in the center and add eggs, salt and oil. Need throughly [about 5 minutes] until smooth and let rest about another 5 minutes. Cut dough into 4 or 5 parts and roll through pasta machine progressively narrowing until the pasta is the thickness you want. Lay on a tea towel or similar surface to dry slightly then run through cutting blades of machine.

Traditional Homemade Sauce

6 to 10 ripe tomatoes skin and seeded or a can of peeled tomatoes
olive oil
chopped medium onion
3 chopped cloves garlic
1/3 cup wine
2 1/2tbl spoons tomato paste
1 tsp each basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary

Saute onion in olive oil until translucent, add garlic saute slightly and add wine

in a saucepan add tomato, and spices and pour in wine, onion and garlic. Stir and bring almost to boil over medium heat. Turn down immediately and simmer for two hours, blend with hand blender, if too thin add in tomato paste and serve over pasta.