Santa brought me pasta attachments for my Kitchen-Aid Mixer this year. I had fun playing with it on this 3rd Day of Christmas and as a bonus, I used up the leftover shrimp I had in the refrigerator from Christmas Day.
I had the old-style pasta attachment for my kitchen aid. It works great for short-cut pasta like macaroni, but not so great for longer noodles. I also have a spaetzle maker that I use quite often. But when I wanted Spaghetti or Fettuccine I had to either roll and cut it by hand or buy dried, so I was very excited when I opened the pasta attachments that were under the tree this year.
So on this 3rd day of Christmas, I got to play with my new toy. I made a simple egg pasta recipe and used my new equipment to make fettuccine noodles.
I had some leftover shrimp scampi from Christmas Dinner and a pint of Farmstand Marinara. I heated up the marinara and added about 2 Tablespoons of leftover Boursin Cheese and a glug of heavy cream while I brought salted water to a boil. The fresh pasta only takes a minute or two to cook so when I put the pasta into the water I added the shrimp to the marinara to heat through.
The result was a delicious al dente pasta topped with a lovely shrimp and creamy tomato sauce. Little Miss M was very excited when she arrived. She told her Mama that Grammy made pasta just for her and proceeded to eat 2 servings.
I hope you got something special under the tree that you are enjoying!!
Your pasta looks delish!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. I have been wanting one of these attachments for a while now but thought they were too expensive. I'm happy Santa found money in his budget LOL.....
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