I've made pasta sauce but not the pasta

@vegegirl (828)
Australia
August 14, 2011 4:14am CST
I've never made pasta, it seems so much easier to buy ready made pasta in packets and boil it. Usually I make the pasta sauce to go with it, I have occasionally bought a pasta sauce but I usually make it myself as it is nice to have at least part of the meal home made. Do you make pasta? It looks like you need a machine to make noodles. Gnocci and Ravioli look like you don't need a machine though. What about the sauce?
4 responses
Shar19
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
14 Aug 11
I've made homemade pasta before. I did use a pasta machine to make it. I didn't really like it though. I think it was too gummy tasting. I'd rather have it from the box. I still would like to try making homemade sauce.
vegegirl
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
14 Aug 11
don't you ever make sauce? It is really easy to make a tomato base pasta sauce. Last night we just had ricotta ravioli (which my mum bought for me) with a tomato sauce I made simply by using a tin of crushed tomatoes, mushrooms, zucchini, garlic and mixed herbs and chilli - If I was having a plain pasta like spaghetti - I could add lentils and broccoli to my pasta sauce.
vegegirl
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
14 Aug 11
Good on you for making your own pasta - did you borrow the machine or buy one? They are quite expensive, particularly if you aren't going to use it very often, and I lack space in my kitchen for more gadgets that don't get used very often.
Shar19
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
14 Aug 11
I tried making homemade sauce once and it was terrible. It was too runny and I didn't like the taste. I think I just need to find a better recipe. I had my own pasta machine that someone bought me years ago. I remember it took forever for the pasta to come out and getting the right texture was a challenge too.
hushi22
@hushi22 (4928)
•
14 Aug 11
i think there is no need of machine. a lot of these pastas and sauces are mostly easy to make these days. even they are home made there are lots of tips and ingredients you can find on the internet that makes things easy and tasty.
vegegirl
@vegegirl (828)
• Australia
14 Aug 11
Have you made any pasta yourself hushi?
3SnuggleBunnies
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
17 Aug 11
I do make regular egg noodles. I do have a pasta machine however, it only works well to just flatten out the dough and cut it into egg noodle size noodles. The thin noodles don't cut very well in the machine. I have thought about making my own ravioli it looks simple; I hope to try this in winter when we have more time for cooking. I think all you need is to make the dough thin enough if possible by hand with a rolling pin. I've never made sauce from scratch added to an already prepared sauce though.
edsss17
@edsss17 (4394)
• Philippines
14 Aug 11
Hi vegegirl! I don't make pasta and also the sauce! My mom always buy a pack of pasta then she will just boil it then its cooked. And about the sauce, she also cook it just like you!! HEHEHE! I think its awesome!