Homemade Pasta Made Simple: A Pasta Cookbook with Easy Recipes & Lessons to Make Fresh Pasta Any Night Kindle Edition

I ordered this for my 21 year old daughter and she likes using this book.

Wow, this book really has all the details for making pasta! You can tell this author was raised in Italy because they use so many different names for pastas that are literally the same except for the width you cut each noodle into.The instructions for shaping different pastas are very detailed and look very simple to follow. I just got the book today so I haven't had the chance to try the recipes yet, but I suspect I will be eating a lot more pasta now.Only one thing disappointed me. I was looking for recipes to make flavored pastas- chocolate, tomato, spinach, etc. This book concentrates on shaping the pasta instead. There is one page that mentions adding flavors to the basic recipe, but I was hoping for more. Oh well.This does look like a book I will use over and over.

My handyman has been making homemade noodles (with pasta machine) for over 10 years but never was able to use his cutter because his pasta fell apart before he could use the cutter part. .He made his noodles (hand cut with a pizza cutter) as a Christmas present for me. His noodles were awesome (I had never had homemade noodles before). I was hooked - I never knew there was such a huge difference between store-bought and homemade noodles.. I ordered this book and loaned it to him since he (with experience) would know what they were talking about. We had a pasta making day last Friday and it was awesome. He learned a ton from the book about how to make and handle the dough. We used my digital scale to weigh the flour (apparently a critical step).He kneaded the dough as usual, and wrapped it in plastic wrap to rest (which he had never done before) Simple steps, but it made all the difference. He was thrilled about how the dough went through the machine (using the steps in the book), and even more thrilled when he could use the cutters for making perfect noodles. He's still talking about it and how the simple steps perfected his dough, and his dough went through the pasta machine just like the photos in the book.Caveat: with homemade noodles (dehydrated or not) you have to use a lot more liquid than normal recipes. I made spaghetti Friday night. My cutter made basically angel hair pasta (which I like thicker spaghetti). It was ok, but my husband got heartburn from my sauce (my fault). Next night I made lasagna from the pasta we made. I couldn't find my recipe (and had to wing it). It was a flop, but not because of the pasta. I adjusted the sauce recipe (to keep hubby from having heartburn) but didn't adjust for additional liquid needed for fresh pasta (non boiled). Lasagna was too dry. Handyman and I critiqued my lasagna the next day and figured out how to change how I did it.Based on what I've learned, my next attempts should be much better, bordering on awesome. First attempts are can be frustrating, but you learn and improve.Regardless, this book is awesome and we will continue to use the simple steps to make perfect homemade pasta.

The book is filled with recipes for many different types of pasta and sauces. If the person receiving the book is a first time pasta maker they may need a little pre-instruction to get the basics. If you understand the basics of making pasta dough and making one or several types of pasta, the book provides a lot of options for great meals. Included in the book are recipes for two basic types of pasta, semolina and egg pasta. All of the recipes in the book can be made with one or the other of these types of pasta - but why stop there? As the title of my review says, it's a great idea book too. We've started with several of the book's recipes and modified them to our own tastes. Now all I want to do is make pasta!

This is a gift

To be a book all about pasta, it only gives a few recipes. It talks about using all purpose flour yet it doesn't give a recipe without eggs unless you buy special flour. All of the different ways that you can make pasta shapes for different meals do not contain any type of illustrations for those of us that sometimes need to see more than just words on the page. I was expecting more and instead I still do not have a recipe I care to use nor am I sure that I'm doing a technique correctly because I have to keep rereading with no visual aid.

I just bought a pasta rolling machine. This is a perfect first book!

This is good basic book for pasta making

Such an easy reading book as I’m a total beginner I found this book perfect for what I needed to make my own pasta and gave me ideas beyond my thinking , everything explained in simple form totally recommend this book for all

Looks like a good book. Descriptions and drawings are descriptive.However, all of the measurements are ounces/inches. Not much use to the people who are no longer imperial.

Bought as a gift for friend who had a pasta machine for Christmas. Only negative is it’s not hardback."

easy to follow, great tastes

Lovely book but it arrived damaged and not as expected for a book that was listed as new. Would like a refund as this was bought as a gift.