Welcome to the Madness. The Pasta Madness.
Since taking a cooking class with my boyfriend where we learned to make fresh pasta from scratch, I have been rendered insane and want to master making pasta, in all its shapes and sauces. And there’s a LOT of shapes and sauces. And so many combinations of shapes and sauces.
This blog is where I hold onto my thin grip of reality and catalog my notes on pasta making. Long noodles, short noodles, hand shaped, stuffed. Gnocchi made with potatoes, gnocchi made with ricotta, gnocchi made with plantains.
Basics
Tools A guide to different tools for making pasta
Flours Different flours that can be used
Liquids Different liquids that can be used
Herbs, Spices and Other Additions Additional ingredients that can be added to pasta dough
Dough Notes General notes on how different ingredients can affect the final dough
Making the Dough A great video guide on making pasta dough
Cooking Pasta Notes on cooking different pastas to perfection
Using a Pasta Machine How to use a pasta machine to roll dough
Doughs
- Almost All-Yolk Dough
- Basil Dough
- Black Pepper Dough
- Chestnut Dough
- Colorful Egg Dough
- Colorful Flour & Water Dough
- Citrus-Scented Dough
- Corzetti della Valpolcevera Dough
- Extruder Dough
- Durum Wheat & Water Dough
- Meyer Lemon & Herb Ricotta Gnocchi Dough
- Orecchiette Dough
- Gluten-Free Flour & Water Dough
- Gluten-Free Egg Dough
- Ossola-Style Chestnut, Squash, and Potato Dough
- Parsley-Speckled Dough
- Potato Gnocchi Dough
- Pasta gialla or Sfoglia gialla (Yellow Pasta)
- Pici Dough
- Pureés for Colorful Dough
- Pumpkin & Ricotta Gnocchi Dough
- Ricotta Gnocchi Dough
- Saffron Dough
- Soft Wheat and Water Dough
- Standard Egg Dough
- Sour Cream & Rye Dough
- Sweet Potato Gnocchi Dough
- White Wine Dough
- Whole Wheat and Water Dough
- Whole Wheat Egg Dough
Shapes
Fillings
- Alpine Cheese Fondue Filling
- Any-Greens Filling
- Asparagus, Spring Pea & Mint Filling
- Black Pepper & Pecorino Filling
- Braised Shallot & Grana Padano Filling
- Braised Beef & Caramelized Cabbage Filling
- Caramelized Onion Filling
- Eggplant & Burrata Filling
- Cheese & Herb Filling
- Mashed Potato & Chive Filling
- Four-Cheese Filling
- Mushroom, Garlic & Thyme Filling
- Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Filling
- Ricotta & Spinach Filling
- Roasted Salmon & Mascarpone Filling
- Sausage & Spinach Filling
- Smoked Salmon Filling
- Summer Corn & Basil Filling
- Whipped Ricotta Filling
- Winter Squash & Brown Butter Filling
Sauces and Dishes
- All-Purpose Tomato Sauce with Canned Tomatoes
- All-Purpose Tomato Sauce with Fresh & Canned Tomatoes
- All-Purpose Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes
- Almond Ragu
- Amatriciana Sauce
- Anchovy & Onion Sauce with Breadcrumbs
- Balsamic Reduction
- Basic White Sauce
- Basic tomato sauce
- Basil Pesto
- Besciamella
- Bolognese ragù sauce
- Broccoli Sauce
- Bolognese
- Brown Butter
- Butter & Parmesan Sauce (Alfredo’s Alfredo)
- Butter & Sage Sauce (Burro e Salvia)
- Butter Poached Lobster (or Shrimp) with Linguine
- Butter Sauce
- Canned Tuna & Tomato Sauce
- Caramelized Onion Cheese Sauce
- Braised Onion Ragù
- Carbonara Sauce
- Chickpea Soup with Harissa & Rosemary
- Chilled Japanese Soba Noodles with Cucumber and Sesame and Miso dressing
- Chicken Soup
- Corn Broth
- Citrus & Pistachio Pesto
- Cream Sauce with Eggs
- Creamy Garlic Pasta
- Creamy Orzo with Peas and Parmesan
- Creamy Tomato Sauce
- Cream Sauce
- Double Cream Sauce
- Drover’s Sauce
- Fiery Calabrian Chili Sauce
- Easy Parmesan Risotto
- Four-Cheese Sauce (Quattro Formaggi)
- Fried Zucchini Sauce
- Garlic Confit
- Golden Saffron Sauce
- Gorgonzola Sauce
- Goat Cheese Tortellini with Pancetta, Sweet Peas, and Mint
- Gnocchi alla Sorentina
- Homemade Ricotta
- Italian Pasta Recipes
- Kale & Arugula Pesto
- Italian Meat Broth
- Lasagna
- Lasagne
- Lemon-Chive Butter
- Ligurian Walnut Sauce (Salsa di Noci)
- No-Cook Tomato & Basil Sauce
- Pappardelle with Lemon, Asparagus, and Parmigiano-Reggiano with Poached Eggs
- Late-night miso ramen
- Parmesan Broth
- Parmesan-Garlic Butter
- Pasta Fagiolini and Italian Sausage
- Pasta alla Genovese
- Pecorino, Pepper & Lemon Sauce
- Port-Braised Lamb Ragu with Shallots & Rosemary
- Ragu Bolognese
- Pulled Noodles
- Ricotta and Parmesan gnudi with sage brown butter
- Red Pesto (Pesto Rosso)
- Roasted Garlic & Miso Sauce
- Roasted Red Pepper & Sausage Ragu
- Salsa Verde
- Sage & Hazelnut Pesto
- Sausage, Saffron & Fennel Ragu
- Slow-Roasted Salmon & Creme Fraiche Sauce with Peas
- Spaghetti Aglio E Olio
- Smoky Pumpkin Sauce
- Spaghetti Carbonara
- Slow-Roasted Tomato & Garlic Sauce
- Spaghetti with Basil Cream
- Spicy Tomato-Anchovy Butter
- Spicy Garlic & Anchovy Sauce with Broccoli
- Spicy Bread Sauce
- Sweet & Sour Eggplant Sauce with Burrata
- Spicy White Sauce
- Sujaebi Korean Hand Noodle Soup
- Toasted Breadcrumbs
- Tomato & Almond Pesto (Pesto alla Trapanese)
- Tomato Broth
- Tomato Cream Sauce
- Tomato Ragu
- Tomato Sauce with Olives & Fried Capers
- White Bean Soup with Parmesan & Kale
- White Fish Ragu with Lemon & Capers
- White Sauce with Onions
- Wild Mushroom Sauce