Plain Pasta Ribbons

Matsata Makaronia

Preparation info
  • Makes 1 pound ; for

    3 or 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Foods of the Greek Islands

By Aglaia Kremezi

Published 2000

  • About

ON FOLEGANDROS, the most popular dish served at tavernas is ribbons of fresh pasta, rolled out on the spot with a long, thin rolling pin and served simply dressed with tomato sauce and the local cheese. Women usually make the pasta with a combination of flour from the very hard starenio wheat and some commercial all-purpose flour. I have used fine semolina instead of the hard-wheat starenio flour. The sheets do not have to be rolled very thin, so this is a pasta you can make w