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365 Adventures in 2011: Day 38 – It’s a fresh-a pasta at Chef Ricky’s
Today I made my first attempt at making fresh pasta from scratch. No, that’s not true. It’s technically my second attempt, as attempt #1 on Saturday was a miserable failure, resulting in a crumbly, dry mess instead of dough. That went in the garbage. But today was a different story.
I learned from my previous mistakes and beginning with only eggs, flour, and a little salt, I created a pasta dough ball:
Then Michelle and I ran it through our new KitchenAid mixer (a Christmas present I gave her) using the pasta roller and cutter attachments and ended up with this:
While Michelle’s arms and hands worked well for temporarily holding the pasta out of the machine tonight, I think we’ll have to get a pasta drying rack soon.
After cooking the fresh pasta and combining it with butter, parmesan cheese, and more salt, we ended up with traditional fettucini alfredo:
Unfortunately, the pasta was bland. The sauce was okay but the whole dish needed far more salt, especially in the dough. A lot of the pasta also stuck together, so we’ll use more flour next time. And it was too thick, so we’ll go with thickness setting 5 on the machine instead of stopping at 4. But despite all these problems, it was a fun hour or so in the kitchen and I’ll definitely give it another shot soon. I think it went pretty well for the first (official) time I’ve ever made fresh pasta from scratch.
TweetPizza Hut to become known as “The Hut”. Lonestar not available for comment.
UPDATE (6/21/09): Pizza Hut is not changing their name.
From pizzahut.com:
“Pizza Hut is not changing its name. We are proud of our name and heritage and will continue to be Pizza Hut. We do use ‘The Hut’ in some of our marketing efforts,” said Brian Niccol, CMO, Pizza Hut, Inc.
“To the loyal fans of Pizza Hut and pizza lovers around the world, we’re happy to tell you that nothing is changing, we’re still Pizza Hut, America’s Favorite Pizza.”
Here’s the previously-posted, but not entirely accurate information…
Stupid news of the day…
From msn.com:
Pizza Hut is reportedly slicing the “pizza” from its name. The fast food chain will now be known simply as “The Hut.”
The chain, which has recently expanded its menu beyond pizza to include pasta, could not immediately be reached for comment Friday. Media and advertising trade publication MediaWeek characterized the name change as an attempt to transform its stores into hip hangouts. There are more than 10,000 Pizza Huts worldwide.
The new “hut” stores will be more than simply places to place a delivery order, according to MediaWeek. They will include televisions that broadcast CBS programs such as “Wheel of Fortune” and “Entertainment Tonight.”
Great. Now I have even more reasons never go to Pizza Hut. Or “The Hut.” Or whatever they’re calling it a week from now. I can stomach their pan pizza and their breadsticks are sometimes good (when they remember to put the seasoning on them), but as an Italian who is quite fond of good, homemade Italian food, I definitely don’t ever want to eat pasta from anywhere called “The Hut.” And I certainly don’t want to do it while watching “Entertainment Tonight.”
Too bad Dom DeLuise isn’t around to reprise his “Pizza the Hutt” role from Spaceballs. It would have made for a great commercial.
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