Handmade pasta

  • GARGANELLI are made using an egg pasta dough and are a typical pasta of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. To give the garganelli their shape,…

  • CAVATELLI originated in the southern regions of Italy like Molise and Puglia and are made using semolina flour, water and sometimes a drop of olive…

  • FARFALLONI (large), FARFALLE (medium) or FARFALLINI (small), meaning ‘butterflies’, are also known as bow tie shaped pasta. The italian for bow tie is ‘cravatta a…

  • LASAGNA is the widest of all the ribbon pasta. The largest type of lasagna sheets are called lasagnette. Lasagna is believed to be the oldest…

  • PIZZOCCHERI is a pasta made using stone-ground buckwheat flour combine with a white flour. The shape is wider but shorter than tagliatelle. Pizzoccheri comes from the…

  • In the YouTube video linked below, we show you how to make cencioni strascinati pasta completely from scratch. Cencioni pasta, ‘little rags’, also known as…

  • Let’s show you how we make beautiful designer lasagna, with a short video. We love nothing more than playing and creating new ideas for serving…

  • We have made a video to show you how to make Fagiolini pasta. This pasta looks like the pod or outer casing of a bean…

  • How to make couscous: The answer to the trivia question ‘is couscous a pasta?’, is ‘yes!’. It is made from granules of semolina (durum wheat). You…

  • Fagottini pasta: If you follow The Pasta Maker, it should come as no surprise to learn that an opportunity to create something fun with pasta,…