Buona Pasta: Fresh Pasta Made Easy with or Without a Machine - Hardcover

by Katie Brooks (Author)

The Ultimate Guide to Artisanal Pasta at Home

With the right method, making homemade pasta doesn't need to be intimidating. With seasoned pasta-making instructor Katie Brooks by your side, master the ins and outs of crafting different doughs and shaping your pasta with what you already have at home, whether that's just your hands, a manual pasta machine, automatic attachments, or a traditional gnocchi board. These impressive but easy-to-master dishes are great for beginners or nonnas looking for a fresh spin on their pasta repertoire. Recipes include:

- Fettuccine in a Lemon Butter Sauce with Spinach
- Herb Ricotta Ravioli in a Diavolo Rosa Sauce
- Quattro Formaggi Cavatelli
- Lasagna Pomodoro
- Fazzoletti in a Wild Mushroom Sauce with Ricotta
- Sorpresine with Brown Butter, Crispy Basil & Burrata
- Cacio e Pepe Tortelloni in a Parmigiano Pecorino Sauce

Once you've tried them all, mix and match different shapes and sauces for endless delicious combinations that are shockingly easy to create. With all of the flavor and none of the fuss, you'll soon be perfecting from-scratch pasta and filling your home with savory dishes you'll want to create again and again.

Author Biography

Katie Brooks is a recipe developer and the creator of Buona Pasta Club, a business and online community where she shares her love for homemade pasta. She also hosts pasta-making courses, where she shares the art of making pasta from scratch. She currently resides in San Diego with her husband Hunter and their dog Moose.