Oh my goodness, you are a master pasta maker!!! I think that is the true test of a good chef! It is hard to get the right thickness and consistency as well, and has defeated even the best of cooks.
Hi Ginny! I did noodles and dough a long time ago but never to this extent. Learning all new things. So fun. If you get a chance, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is a great place to go. Cheers and Happy New Year!
I have never tasted or even seen homemade pasta. I want to taste yours.. but since I can not, I like seeing what your lens sees. I liked the jars for storage.. reminds me of my mothers kitchen. she did not make pasta, but she loved to bake and cook.
Hi Sandra! It's really fun to make and I find it good because I do micro batches. Love that your mom had the jars. They are so fun. Wishing you a strong and healthy New Year!
Hi Mari! If you're interested please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Wonderful show. Very much like my own granny back in the day. I have no doubt that you'd be excellent at noodle making. It's just so fun.
Good morning-interesting collection years ago I got a pasta maker for a gift-and for some reason never used it I may just get that out of hiding smiles happy wednesday
Same Boud. It had been a long time for me and now I'm doing more than I ever have in shapes and ingredients. Made parsley pasta ribbons today. Drying now. So fun!
Wow Ivy...I am very impressed with your talents in each of these wordless Wednesday photos. I've never made pasta and not sure that I ever will. Simply because I don't trust myself to do so. lol...Hope you have a good one...for the rest of this beautiful week.
Hey Shug. It's great fun and if you have time and/or the interest, please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Very good place to start and I have no doubt that you can make your own noodles. It's actually a great practice in stillness and calm. Very relaxing job to make homemade noodles. And you can control what goes in it for Sam. So fun. So, so, so fun.
It's wonderful to do. I love it. I make all kinds and in micro batches. I'm learning bunches and bunches and it's just a joy to put together our own dough. If you're interested there's a channel on YouTube called, Pasta Grannies. Excellent show.
Hi Jackie. If you're interested in learning more please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Such a fun channel and I hope you give noodle making a go. It's crazy fun. So fun!
Hi Erika! Thank you about the banner. Very good. I've made many kinds this past week. Different shapes and flour and nut combos. Great fun. Do you make noodles at home?
Hi Judee! I've made many, many kinds. Some with home-ground lentils. Others with yams. Others with potatoes. And today, I made parsely pasta ribbons. Very, very fun. Lots of combos. Truly endless.
Ummm, yummm, I'm a goner for anything pasta... This looks yummy. My older son used to make noodles all the time when he was home at our house. He had that and the best cream puffs. Think I have to remind him about his creations again real soon. Sue
Hi Ivy! Your homemade pasta looks wonderful! Thanks for giving me the idea to make some myself. I've always wanted to make homemade pasta! I'd also love to learn how to make sourdough bread. Happy weekend!!
Hi Julia! Such a fun time to make noodles. If you've got some time, the channel on YouTube called Pasta Grannies is a great watch. These women are amazing. And the food. My goodness.
Sourdough also sounds like fun. I make bread dough all the time though have not tried sourdough yet. It does look neat.
I've never made pasta before and you may have inspired me. Love the little figure's name, beautiful shot of her. What is her name? Have a great weekend! :)
Hey Denise. OMG. It's a blast to do. Just a true delight. Pasta Grannies on YouTube is an excellent place to start. That's Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love her hair in this one. I also have a smaller version of this same one. So fun to shoot.
homemade pasta...there is nothing better!! we LOVE pasta, yours is so pretty...we would eat pasta every night if we could!! i love the lineup of mason jars, they are the best thing for storage. snail mail on monday!!!
Very easy and fun to do. Really, really yummy too! If you're interested to learn more there's a channel on YouTube called, Pasta Grannies. Great stuff.
You make me want to be so domestic. But I'll resist. Hard. I haven't made pasta before but I've heard it's easy. Still, the rate my kids go through it...
Good news, you can work outside of the house and STILL make noodles at home. It's easy and fun! AND something fun for kiddos to do. Very, very fun craft. Happy New Year!
Baking in process? I have decided after a couple OOPs in the kitchen around the holidays that maybe, just maybe I should stay out of the kitchen for a bit...lol....However, I did break my record, from Thanksgiving to Christmas I made a very requested treat to share with the family, sausage balls. I was even contacted and asked to make some for my great grandson Alisturs Christmas breakfast. But to the Happy Whisk I say, BAKE ON. Or should that be "Stay calm and BAKE ON"???
Wonderful! Thank you very much. I watched some videos of "Pasta Grannies"... simply fantastic. What did you use... spelt flour, eggs, and a little salt? Do you also add a tiny bit of water to the dough?
Hi! How great is that show? I love watching those Pasta Grannies!
For my doughs, I NEVER use eggs. All my noodles are egg-free. I use organic sprouted spelt, home-ground lentil flours, other bean flours, 00 flour, herbs, veggies like yams, potatoes and more. I'm a mad scientist and I just chuck it all together to see what works and what doesn't.
Thank you so much, so the different types of flour are kneaded with correspondingly more or less water... Is salt added to the dough, or is it only added to the water for boiling? I've never done this before!!! I think I'll try spelt flour with pumpkin puree and hope it has enough binding properties... Hugs... and have lots of fun, you're already a real pro :-))) Viola
Hi Viola! What I generally do is 50% hydration to 100% flour base. For the spelt, I did 50 grams of organic sprouted spelt and 50 grams of 00 flour. For this though, it took about 60 percent warm water. 60 grams though I started with 50 grams or ml (it's about the same either way).
The salt I add by eye to both the dough and once the water comes to boil. I use a pink salt or any salt that doesn't have iodine.
I place a bowl on the scale and mix my flours and salt well with my hands first before adding warm water.
If say you wanna use egg then it's 100grams of flour to 1 egg. Eggs can range 50g and a little higher or so. You'll get the feel for it as you play and learn through play. And at some point, you may no longer require the scale.
What's nice about micro batches is they are smaller to work with and learn from. I find. Plus, it's in the tasting of the finished product that I learn what is best to do for my next micro batch.
Different flours will hydrate at different rates. Pumpkin puree is similar to yams. You might find you need more flour and this again will come when we continue to learn through play and taste. If you have any 00 flour and any semolina flour and use 50g of each, this is a good place to learn. Or a strong bread flour at 100g or even 00 flour at 100 grams. Just to get the feel of the dough and how it should knead.
Then I knead dough until smooth. Grab baking baking I use (If You Care brand because it can go into the garden after rather than tossing it into a landfill). Anyway, I sprinkle with flour, wrap my dough, put it in something and some days, I add it to the fridge and other days, I keep it closed on my work bench.
Also, I use lots of flour to roll. If I can be of anymore help, please let me know. Also, Pasta Grannies. Just a great source of wow! These women, some upwards of 100 years old making dough. I just love that.
I've never heard of 00 flour before – according to the internet, it's similar to wheat flour type 405, which is available here.
I bake my own bread and grind my own grains from the organic farm, which gives me a wonderful whole-grain bread – actually, whole-grain meal. I bake pure rye bread or spelt bread with other grains like buckwheat, oats, rye, einkorn, and emmer – similar to how you make your pasta.
I'll try the pasta and let you know how it goes. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for your tips – I especially hadn't realized you need so much flour for rolling it out. I'll start by looking into different types of flour.
Many thanks and best regards.... AND yes Pasta-grannies are very good - I love too :-)))
This is wonderful ... So there's also semolina which works well BUT ... since you already understand hydration of flours, a full on spelt noodle should work well for you. Though starting with a 00/405 or a semolina is also good just to get the feel. That said, I think you already understand dough and bread making and noodle making are similar. Different flours hydrate differently.
If say, just like in bread making, when I don't want to add more flour, I add a little oil, the same is true for pasta dough. A little goes a long way AND also, I find that allowing my bean doughs or home-ground lentil doughs to hydrate overnight in the fridge, helps too. What's nice about that is, I can take it out, roll and/or shape it, let it dry a bit and into the boiling water.
So nice to have these things on hand.
Have you seen the MockMill 200? I've got my eye on that one. What I'm grinding with now is okay for now, but not great. The MockMill 200 looks like a fun toy and they also have a flaker for taking oat berries and turning then into a rolled oat of sorts.
Ivy, I am planning to watch the pasta Grannies this week 😀. I have made pasta only a few times using an Atlas brand pasta maker for the noodles. I want to try various shapes next.
The photos are good and nice to know you have been a bit busy :)
ReplyDeleteHey Margaret. This is a normal day for me in the kitchen. I love to play. Hope you're having a wonderful New Year!
DeleteOh my goodness, you are a master pasta maker!!! I think that is the true test of a good chef! It is hard to get the right thickness and consistency as well, and has defeated even the best of cooks.
ReplyDeleteHi Ginny! I did noodles and dough a long time ago but never to this extent. Learning all new things. So fun. If you get a chance, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is a great place to go. Cheers and Happy New Year!
DeleteLooks like half of the British defences at Rorke's Drift in 1879! Sandbags at 12 paces!!!!
ReplyDeletelol on the sandbags!
DeleteThis is really a wordless post this time 😂!
ReplyDeleteLovely pasta and good I expect!
I nearly wrote words. This close I say, this close.
DeleteAwesome photos. Looks like you have been busy. I have never made pasta from scratch
ReplyDeleteHi Ann! If you get a chance, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is a great watch. Soooo much fun.
DeleteLook at those pasta pieces! And dig the new header.
ReplyDeleteHiYa, Alex! Much thanks! Happy New Year!
DeleteI have never tasted or even seen homemade pasta. I want to taste yours.. but since I can not, I like seeing what your lens sees. I liked the jars for storage.. reminds me of my mothers kitchen. she did not make pasta, but she loved to bake and cook.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandra! It's really fun to make and I find it good because I do micro batches. Love that your mom had the jars. They are so fun. Wishing you a strong and healthy New Year!
DeleteThere's nothing like fresh homemade pasta! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy fun and crazy good. Thanks, Debra!
DeleteI love the new header!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed by your homemade pasta. I've never made it but I bet it's so good.
Hi Mari! If you're interested please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Wonderful show. Very much like my own granny back in the day. I have no doubt that you'd be excellent at noodle making. It's just so fun.
DeleteGood morning-interesting collection years ago I got a pasta maker for a gift-and for some reason never used it I may just get that out of hiding smiles happy wednesday
ReplyDeleteVery nice on the pasta maker and if you're looking to watch some excellent, excellent videos, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is a wonderful channel.
DeleteNow I'm thinking about making pasta again. It's been a long time.
ReplyDeleteSame Boud. It had been a long time for me and now I'm doing more than I ever have in shapes and ingredients. Made parsley pasta ribbons today. Drying now. So fun!
DeleteVery good
ReplyDeleteThanks, Christine!
DeleteAwesome post!
ReplyDeleteHi Anne, much thanks.
DeleteWow Ivy...I am very impressed with your talents in each of these wordless Wednesday photos. I've never made pasta and not sure that I ever will. Simply because I don't trust myself to do so. lol...Hope you have a good one...for the rest of this beautiful week.
ReplyDeleteHey Shug. It's great fun and if you have time and/or the interest, please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Very good place to start and I have no doubt that you can make your own noodles. It's actually a great practice in stillness and calm. Very relaxing job to make homemade noodles. And you can control what goes in it for Sam. So fun. So, so, so fun.
DeleteI have never tried to make pasta, but my youngest son has tried and says it wasn't too bad. Love the Minions.
ReplyDeleteIt's wonderful to do. I love it. I make all kinds and in micro batches. I'm learning bunches and bunches and it's just a joy to put together our own dough. If you're interested there's a channel on YouTube called, Pasta Grannies. Excellent show.
DeleteDear Ivy, your header makes me smile! You are a Jacqueline of all trades, dear friend! You have many talents!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda. Thank you for the kind word. Playing is great fun.
DeleteMaking pasta is something I really want to try.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Hi Jackie. If you're interested in learning more please check out Pasta Grannies on YouTube. Such a fun channel and I hope you give noodle making a go. It's crazy fun. So fun!
DeleteMmmmm! Fresh pasta!
ReplyDeleteIt's the best!
DeleteLove fresh pasta!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteI love the new header. And how did you pasta come out. It looks like it went well making it. :) Yummy!
ReplyDeleteHi Erika! Thank you about the banner. Very good. I've made many kinds this past week. Different shapes and flour and nut combos. Great fun. Do you make noodles at home?
DeleteCute header Ivy.,, I'm looking at that homemade pasta and wondering what it is... Shh!! it's wordless Wed
ReplyDeleteHi Judee! I've made many, many kinds. Some with home-ground lentils. Others with yams. Others with potatoes. And today, I made parsely pasta ribbons. Very, very fun. Lots of combos. Truly endless.
Delete... and there's me looking for some words, but this really is a wordless post this time! Great stuff and great pictures.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the pasta was great.
All the best Jan
Hi Jan! Thank you. Really was yummy. Thanks for stopping in and Happy 2026!
DeleteIvy- Thanks for popping by my blog (as I am starting up again). I really appreciate it. Happy January to you. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteHi Diana! Really nice to see you back to blogging. Here's to a fun new year!
DeleteUmmm, yummm, I'm a goner for anything pasta... This looks yummy. My older son used to make noodles all the time when he was home at our house. He had that and the best cream puffs. Think I have to remind him about his creations again real soon.
ReplyDeleteSue
Sounds wonderful. Noodles and cream puffs. Win for sure. Yes, would love to see pictures when he makes more. Great fun.
DeleteHi Ivy! Your homemade pasta looks wonderful! Thanks for giving me the idea to make some myself. I've always wanted to make homemade pasta! I'd also love to learn how to make sourdough bread. Happy weekend!!
ReplyDeleteHi Julia! Such a fun time to make noodles. If you've got some time, the channel on YouTube called Pasta Grannies is a great watch. These women are amazing. And the food. My goodness.
DeleteSourdough also sounds like fun. I make bread dough all the time though have not tried sourdough yet. It does look neat.
Wishing you a wonderful New Year.
I haven't tried making my own pasta but I can imagine how good it would be!!
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend.
It's sooooo fun. If you have an interest in learning, Pasta Grannies on YouTube is a great place to start. Such a fun show.
DeleteI've never made pasta before and you may have inspired me. Love the little figure's name, beautiful shot of her. What is her name? Have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteHey Denise. OMG. It's a blast to do. Just a true delight. Pasta Grannies on YouTube is an excellent place to start. That's Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love her hair in this one. I also have a smaller version of this same one. So fun to shoot.
DeleteThanks for answering my question Ivy. I can see I need to watch the movie :) Thanks for the info on Pasta Grannies too. I'll go check her out.
DeleteSuch a goooood movie. I love it. Sure thing on the Pasta Grannies. I love that show. Good stuff.
DeleteYou are very talented! I have never made anything like that. However, I admire anyone who is a good cook and can make things from scratch!
ReplyDeleteHey Val! Anyone can make noodles. Soooo fun. If you're interested, check out the YouTube channel Pasta Grannies. Really a great channel.
DeleteThe homemade pasta looks yummy! We've only gotten as far as making homemade fettuccine.
ReplyDeleteYum! Interested to see what you think about cavatelli. Crazy fun to make.
Deletehomemade pasta...there is nothing better!! we LOVE pasta, yours is so pretty...we would eat pasta every night if we could!! i love the lineup of mason jars, they are the best thing for storage. snail mail on monday!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's just so good. Mason jars rock for sure. Thanks for the snail mail. Excited to put it together and shoot it. Much, much thanks.
DeleteJust a few words.... wow witht the homemade pasta. I am in awe of your skills.
ReplyDeleteVery easy and fun to do. Really, really yummy too! If you're interested to learn more there's a channel on YouTube called, Pasta Grannies. Great stuff.
DeleteHomemade pasta, how wonderful! I like the canned jars in your kitchen filled with things. They are all ready for you to bake and cook.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy week.
I do love that too. Having things ready to play with helps. Wishing you a wonderful new week ahead.
DeleteYou make me want to be so domestic. But I'll resist. Hard. I haven't made pasta before but I've heard it's easy. Still, the rate my kids go through it...
ReplyDeleteGood news, you can work outside of the house and STILL make noodles at home. It's easy and fun! AND something fun for kiddos to do. Very, very fun craft. Happy New Year!
DeleteBaking in process? I have decided after a couple OOPs in the kitchen around the holidays that maybe, just maybe I should stay out of the kitchen for a bit...lol....However, I did break my record, from Thanksgiving to Christmas I made a very requested treat to share with the family, sausage balls. I was even contacted and asked to make some for my great grandson Alisturs Christmas breakfast. But to the Happy Whisk I say, BAKE ON. Or should that be "Stay calm and BAKE ON"???
ReplyDeleteThanks, Pam. While I love to bake, these are homemade noodles. Crazy fun!
DeleteGreat work on the sausage balls!
Homemade pasta... YUM!
ReplyDeleteIs soooooo goooooooodd. Wish I could send you some through the screen.
DeleteI like the look of that pasta!
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle! Much thanks and Happy New Year!
DeleteSo many stories given and received. Love it.
ReplyDeleteCheers and Happy New Year!
DeleteOh yum! I'm so lazy, I never make my own pasta.
ReplyDeleteHey Jo - so easy and fun!
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
I watched some videos of "Pasta Grannies"... simply fantastic.
What did you use... spelt flour, eggs, and a little salt?
Do you also add a tiny bit of water to the dough?
Hi! How great is that show? I love watching those Pasta Grannies!
DeleteFor my doughs, I NEVER use eggs. All my noodles are egg-free. I use organic sprouted spelt, home-ground lentil flours, other bean flours, 00 flour, herbs, veggies like yams, potatoes and more. I'm a mad scientist and I just chuck it all together to see what works and what doesn't.
SOOOO MUUCH FUN!
Thank you so much, so the different types of flour are kneaded with correspondingly more or less water... Is salt added to the dough, or is it only added to the water for boiling?
DeleteI've never done this before!!!
I think I'll try spelt flour with pumpkin puree and hope it has enough binding properties...
Hugs... and have lots of fun, you're already a real pro :-)))
Viola
Hi Viola! What I generally do is 50% hydration to 100% flour base. For the spelt, I did 50 grams of organic sprouted spelt and 50 grams of 00 flour. For this though, it took about 60 percent warm water. 60 grams though I started with 50 grams or ml (it's about the same either way).
DeleteThe salt I add by eye to both the dough and once the water comes to boil. I use a pink salt or any salt that doesn't have iodine.
I place a bowl on the scale and mix my flours and salt well with my hands first before adding warm water.
If say you wanna use egg then it's 100grams of flour to 1 egg. Eggs can range 50g and a little higher or so. You'll get the feel for it as you play and learn through play. And at some point, you may no longer require the scale.
What's nice about micro batches is they are smaller to work with and learn from. I find. Plus, it's in the tasting of the finished product that I learn what is best to do for my next micro batch.
Different flours will hydrate at different rates. Pumpkin puree is similar to yams. You might find you need more flour and this again will come when we continue to learn through play and taste. If you have any 00 flour and any semolina flour and use 50g of each, this is a good place to learn. Or a strong bread flour at 100g or even 00 flour at 100 grams. Just to get the feel of the dough and how it should knead.
Then I knead dough until smooth. Grab baking baking I use (If You Care brand because it can go into the garden after rather than tossing it into a landfill). Anyway, I sprinkle with flour, wrap my dough, put it in something and some days, I add it to the fridge and other days, I keep it closed on my work bench.
Also, I use lots of flour to roll. If I can be of anymore help, please let me know. Also, Pasta Grannies. Just a great source of wow! These women, some upwards of 100 years old making dough. I just love that.
I've never heard of 00 flour before – according to the internet, it's similar to wheat flour type 405, which is available here.
DeleteI bake my own bread and grind my own grains from the organic farm, which gives me a wonderful whole-grain bread – actually, whole-grain meal. I bake pure rye bread or spelt bread with other grains like buckwheat, oats, rye, einkorn, and emmer – similar to how you make your pasta.
I'll try the pasta and let you know how it goes. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for your tips – I especially hadn't realized you need so much flour for rolling it out. I'll start by looking into different types of flour.
Many thanks and best regards.... AND yes Pasta-grannies are very good - I love too :-)))
This is wonderful ... So there's also semolina which works well BUT ... since you already understand hydration of flours, a full on spelt noodle should work well for you. Though starting with a 00/405 or a semolina is also good just to get the feel. That said, I think you already understand dough and bread making and noodle making are similar. Different flours hydrate differently.
DeleteIf say, just like in bread making, when I don't want to add more flour, I add a little oil, the same is true for pasta dough. A little goes a long way AND also, I find that allowing my bean doughs or home-ground lentil doughs to hydrate overnight in the fridge, helps too. What's nice about that is, I can take it out, roll and/or shape it, let it dry a bit and into the boiling water.
So nice to have these things on hand.
Have you seen the MockMill 200? I've got my eye on that one. What I'm grinding with now is okay for now, but not great. The MockMill 200 looks like a fun toy and they also have a flaker for taking oat berries and turning then into a rolled oat of sorts.
Mind blown!
Ivy, I am planning to watch the pasta Grannies this week 😀. I have made pasta only a few times using an Atlas brand pasta maker for the noodles. I want to try various shapes next.
ReplyDeleteVarious shapes is soooooo much fun. Hope when you make them, you also share them on the blog. Happy Pasta Making!
DeleteI love the photos. I store all my flours, sugars, spices and more in glass jars too.
ReplyDeletexx oo
Carla
Hi Carla! How great are those jars? I love 'em. Thanks for stopping by today. I'm excited to get to know you more through your blog - Cheers Ivy ❤️
DeleteWhat very interesting grains you include in your pasta making. I'm impressed ( but I've never tried making my own).
ReplyDeleteIt's so fun to play with different beans too! And veggies. Plus herbs too. Hope you give it a go. It's great fun.
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