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Making homemade pasta is easy, fun and very rewarding. Sure it takes a little time and effort, but the result is worth it. you to can make a great pasta with these easy follow directions. I've also included a how to video. Enjoy! Ingredients for the Easy Pasta Dough Recipe  2 3/4 Cups of flour (I recommend King Arthur Flour Flour White Bread, 5-pounds (Pack of 4). Bread flour is better for Pasta. All purpose will work)  1 teaspoon of salt  1 Tablespoon of olive oil (Optional)  1 teaspoon of salt 3 eggs at room temperature  Directions  In a bowl combine the flour and salt. Mix well with a fork until salt is well mixed.  Mound flour on the counter. In separate bowl whisk 3 eggs.  Add 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil (Optional) In the middle of the mound of flour make a hole or moat. Pour in egg mixture and mix with flour until all egg mixture has been absorbed by the flour  Knead for 8-10 minutes until dough is barel...

One of my favorite ways to enjoy pasta is with seafood. There is nothing quite like fresh scallops, shrimp, calamari, mussels,  and clams to make your pasta sing.   It may not always be possible to get fresh seafood, so frozen, is second best. But it is still very tasty. I was able to watch both of my Italian grandmother's make their sauce (gravy) from scratch. They would both literally spend hours making sure everything tasted just right. Hours. When you cooked for your family you did not cut any corners. You took your time. While that is still my preferred method, sometimes you just don't have hours to spare to make your sauce. So make I make it and try to make a double batch, so the goodness of the flavors will be cooked in the second time around. In the following video, I show a fairly quick method of making seafood pasta: Frutti Di Mare. My advice is to use the best possible pasta. Don't cut corners. The extra expense is certainly worth it. Her...