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I was not born with a rolling pin in my hand. What do I mean by that? As much as I ate a great deal of homemade egg pasta as a child, such as these green cappelletti that I count among my favorite dishes since many years, I did not learn to roll out the sfoglia since I was a child.<\/p>\n
On the contrary, it happened only recently, after I took a professional course for business purposes, or so I thought.<\/p>\n
It was 2020, and the proposal also included making a pasta sheet al matterello. Since I was making it but with difficulty, I thought it was an opportunity to refine my uncertain skills. In fact, although I grew up in a house surrounded by sfogline, I never really learned the art of fresh pasta.<\/p>\n
Over time, I realized that the passion I dedicate to this activity transcends any business matter. That desire was born from the need to return home<\/em>. By learning how to properly move my hands between eggs, flour, cutting board, and rolling pin, I recovered a piece of identity missing from the roll call.<\/p>\n And now I feel I’am back home, I have focused on another thing. The journey I started some years ago was also crucial for another reason.<\/p>\n That thinking space is now also a writing workshop. In the sfoglia, I found the comfort I needed to find the courage to reclaim my voice and the will to write.<\/p>\n But you write!<\/p>\n That is true, but blogs and newsletters are my comfort zone. I write thematically, the introduction to the recipe or the preamble to the newsletter, and never push the envelope where words are a storm on the high seas.<\/p>\n Now, I am no longer afraid of those words because I have finally accepted the events that forged my adult life, albeit in an unnecessarily hateful and cruel way. This story is not for the blog or even for the newsletter; I will entrust it to another path by taking up the invitation of many of my readers to write a book.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you for being here. During cooking classes or culinary conferences, to those who ask me questions wanting to try their hand at a specific preparation, I recommend reading the text of the recipe, not leaving out even the ingredients. Agian, watching a few video recipes made by knowledgeable people. And finally trying to make the dish without changing ingredients or steps. Customizing a recipe we do not know happens later, at least after a taste of the original. I have little patience with those who change here and there and then mutter that it doesn’t come.<\/p>\n Returning to sfoglia, remember it is a form of gastronomical craftsmanship. You will learn it through lots of practice and patience. In short, it is only for some.<\/strong><\/p>\n After a few years, I can say that it was a genuine passion if I continued to make it and, from time to time, went back to class. Humility is another useful ingredient for those who want to learn how to make puff pastry with a rolling pin, as it has been done along the Via Emilia for a few centuries.<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course, there is nothing wrong with using a pasta machine to roll out the sfoglia, but that is another matter. If you make the dough with the mixer and roll it out with the machine, the artisanal element that characterizes the procedure with a cutting board and rolling pin is lost. Choose your own way and be patient if you don’t become a pasta maker-<\/p>\n Buona cucina, Monica<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n All my fresh pasta recipes are HERE<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\nStarting to make sfoglia al matterello has created a space between my thoughts, a definite place where I found the past that I had decided to ignore. An effort that has drained so much energy over the years and produced no metabolization of the affair that, even if it involves dealing with pain, allows one to move beyond it and draw something from it in terms of lessons.<\/h5>\n
\nYou need to know one thing, dear reader, you are just as valuable as the sfoglia in this personal journey of resurrection.<\/p>\nSome notes about homemade fresh pasta
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\nMany people watch a video and think it is easy. Wrong.
\nI read daily messages from people who have tried and failed. As much as I firmly believe in a video recipe’s usefulness, I also know that the video contains deception. It is easy to believe that it can be replicated effortlessly and with excellent results from the first attempt. Again, nothing could be more wrong.
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