Hello everyone,

Over the holidays, my partner and I did a lot of binge watching. You can relate, right? One of our new favorite videos is Pasta Grannies on YouTube.

The premise is simple. A British woman goes around recording Italian grannies making pasta. So simple, yet so entirely addictive to watch!

I don’t have any memories of my grandparents making pasta from scratch from my childhood, but my mom does. She told me all about how her childhood Sundays were a full day of rolling out gnocchi and simmering sauce. I suppose watching Pasta Grannies is comforting and helps me feel more connected to my Italian side. Plus, I was happily surprised that many of the pasta recipes they used were vegan.

The recipes called for the simplest of ingredients, like water, salt, and some type of flour – the most common being semolina which is made from durum wheat. This makes it ideal for pasta as it will produce a sturdier pasta than general all-purpose flour.

Aside from the videos, the pasta stars aligned, as for the holidays I had also finally caved in and asked for the Kitchen Aid Mixer set of three pasta attachments. Carb-filled evenings, here I come!

I scoured the internet, reviewed a plethora of Pasta Grannies videos, and I came up with a simple, yet tasty vegan pasta recipe. Was it completely perfect out of the gate? No. But it makes a mean pasta with minimal effort. Besides requiring just a handful of basic ingredients, it takes just under 30 minutes to prepare.

What are you waiting for? Give it a shot!

Cheers & happy cooking!

Jocelyn

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Homemade Vegan Pasta Dough

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: ~3 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients 2½ cups, semolina flour

½-1 cup, water

1 tbs, extra virgin olive oil

½ tsp, salt

1 tbs, freshly minced oregano

1 tbs, freshly minced basil

Extra unbleached all-purpose flour to prevent sticking Directions Place the flour, salt, herbs, and olive oil in your Kitchen Aid Mixer, food processor or simply use a bowl. Then combine the ingredients at a low speed. Add water 1 tbsp at a time while the mixer is running or you are stirring with a fork. Keep adding water until you achieve a dough-like consistency. Note, you will need to work the dough for quite a few minutes. It should be smooth in texture and a bit sticky.

bowl. Then combine the ingredients at a low speed. Dust a clean surface with the all-purpose flour. Remove the dough from the mixer and set it on the floured surface. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel to rest for 10 minutes.

Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out the dough to a quarter inch. If using a KitchenAid pasta attachment, begin to put sections of the rolled dough through

the initial ‘flattening pasta attachment.’ Then attach the spaghetti attachment, and collect small batches of spaghetti. If you do not have a KitchenAid pasta attachment, you can still make pasta! Roll the dough very thin (1/8 -1/10″) and cut small strips to make fettuccine. You could also make lasagna noodles by ensuring the dough is rolled into a long, rectangular shape before cutting the pasta.

Place your pasta batches on a lightly floured surface and dust with more flour. You may want to hang the pasta on a nonstick drying rack to ensure the dough does not stick together.

Next, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add a small about of olive oil to prevent the noodles from sticking. Add the fresh pasta, and cook for ~3 minutes if making spaghetti. Note, the cooking time may go up to 6 minutes if you make a larger type of pasta. Additionally, my family really likes al dente pasta!

Finally, strain the water and cover with your favorite marinara sauce and fresh herbs. Enjoy immediately! (Please note, fresh pasta does not make for good leftovers!)