Making and Serving Pasta

Making homemade pasta should be considered a craft rather than a recipe, but it is one that anyone can learn and is well worth the effort. It is best when handmade from start to finish, but if you do use a machine, avoid ones where the ingredients are poured in at one end and a finished pasta shape is extruded from the other end. They are not capable of of the gradual process required to achieve the structure and texture of fine egg pasta.