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Impress the Hostel With Your Pasta Making Skills

by Akhil Kalepu

Jul 22, 2016

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There is such a monumental difference between fresh pasta and pasta out of a box. Hostels traditionally have a number of people who think they can cook competing for space while getting to know each other. Why not take a bit of time, pull out your tools and get to work.

 

There are very few grocery stores on this planet that don’t offer flour and, along with eggs, oil, and water, pasta is just easy to make and nothing less than impressive.

 

For an extra treat, you can bring your own high-quality flours like semolina to really wow those in attendance. There is a good chance your hostel’s kitchen already has bags of flour someone left that you can just put to good use.

 

Wine bottles or liter beer bottles that are saved are adequate options for rolling pins.

 

Short of that, a couple of small tools that weight nearly nothing are great to travel with to, let’s face it, show off a little bit.

 

Obviously, stuffed pastas will take more time and require you a filling and sauce, but you were already making a sauce.

 

A simple pasta wheel can be bought for a few bucks, but La Gondola offers this beauty that should last you a lifetime for about $30.

 

NorPro is easy to disassemble, weighs next to nothing and is sure to show you mean business.

 

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