Homemade Pasta Made Simple: A Pasta Cookbook with Easy Recipes & Lessons to Make Fresh Pasta Any Night Paperback – August 8, 2017

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.

I like the simplicity of this book, Good pasta isn't difficult. However, I was almost in tears when the author offered a gluten-free recipe. I used to make pasta for family get-togethers. Suddenly, the family turned gluten-free almost overnight. I had missed homemade pasta, but this book arrived at the right time. I also appreciate the various sauces, with discussion of which to use with which shape of pasta.

Very nice and clearly written recipe book. I love the various sauce recipes.

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.

Easy pasta recipes and detaild step by step directions

I like the helpful explanations about the basics, different pasta dough, pastas and sauces.

Good book for beginners, goes in depth and teaches a lot of different pastas in an easy manner. So good I shamed my Nona back to Italy.

I am an avid cookbook reader and have many in my collection. I’ve never bought one that I haven’t read most of the recipes in the book. (Many hours spent in coffee shops/book stores).I ordered an Atlas pasta machine👍🏼, also from Amazon but realized that I didn’t really have a book that thoroughly explained HOW to make pasta. I wanted a lot of information and this author explains everything...including where a particular pasta shape comes from in all the areas of Italy. It may not be a big deal to most but it makes the book interesting. There are very few pictures which other reviews have stated but Manuela’s descriptions are clear and concise and you don’t really need pictures to reinforce what you just read.This is a well written, informative and gives step by step directions. I bought the book unseen and I love it! Oooops...there goes my 30 minute timer! Time to roll my pasta!