Use and Care Guide

7
Recipes
Traditional Pasta
A great recipe for basic,
all-purpose pasta.
Makes 1 pound 4 ounces of dough
3 cups unbleached,
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 large eggs
Place the flour and salt in the
Cuisinart
™
mixing bowl. Insert the
flat mixing paddle. Mix dry ingredients
together on speed 3. Crack eggs into a
measuring cup with a pour spout. With
stand mixer running on speed 3, pour
the eggs in slowly, one at a time, in a
continuous flow. Mix for about 1 to 2
minutes until the mixture just comes
together. Replace the flat mixing paddle
with the dough hook and knead the
dough on speed 4 for 3 minutes. A
smooth dough ball should form.
Remove dough and wrap in plastic.
Allow to rest for at least 15 minutes.
Attach the pasta maker attachment to
the stand mixer. Turn to speed 4. Run
the dough through the pasta maker in
small, grape-size pieces (no larger than
¾ inch). Should any pieces get stuck in
the feed tube, gently tap with the back
end of the wrench.
Be sure to separate pasta strands
once cut from the pasta maker. Lightly
toss bundles of pasta with cornmeal to
prevent sticking.
Cook immediately.
To cook pasta: Use a very large
stockpot filled with enough water for
the pasta to move. Add 2 tablespoons
of salt to the water. Add the pasta
when water is at a full boil. Start
checking fresh pasta at 30 seconds.
Tubular and thicker pasta will take
longer, up to 5 minutes to cook.
Fresh Spinach Pasta
Makes 1 pound 9 ounces of dough
3½ cups unbleached,
all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
½ cup spinach purée
(approximately 8 ounces
of fresh spinach steamed
and pureed*)
Place the flour and salt in the Cuisinart
™
mixing bowl. Insert the flat mixing
paddle. Mix ingredients together on
speed 3. Crack eggs into a measuring
cup with a pour spout. With stand mixer
running on speed 3, pour the eggs in
slowly, one at a time, in a continuous
flow. Add the spinach. Mix for about
1 to 2 minutes until the mixture just
comes together. Replace the flat mixing
paddle with the dough hook and knead
the dough on speed 4 for 3 minutes. A
smooth dough ball should form.
Remove dough and wrap in plastic.
Allow to rest for at least 15 minutes.
Attach the pasta maker attachment to
the stand mixer. Turn to speed 4. Run
the dough through the pasta maker in
small, grape-size pieces (no larger than
¾ inch). Should any pieces get stuck in
the feed tube, gently tap with the back
end of the wrench.
Be sure to separate pasta strands once
cut from the pasta maker. Lightly toss