magimix!

 After discovering all my chopping and shredding equipment woefully unable to chop a few nuts (forget ice) I finally invested in a properly sized and powered hack & slasher. Hello Magimix! I went for the model with a bigger motor - 4200. Oh happy me! It whipped up a ball of pasta dough in a minute or two. We managed to sit down to a homemade pasta meal without exhaustion and/or raging backache for the first time, I think, ever! Well, I have to admit that might also have something to do with the discovery that hand chopping pasta is a breeze, almost done in the time it takes to just unpack the pasta machine and fittings etc. I love the personality that you get in the final result by hand cutting the dough. Just roll out into a sheet as thin as you like, (dry a little or dust with flour before you) roll up loosely and cut into slices as thin as you prefer.  My first pastry turned out best ever too. Big smile!

dutch motorway fare

this one portion of beenham could feed a whole family!