There are a lot of options for cutting pasta dough, from the multi-purpose Atlas 150 To the electric Fresh pasta To a clear old chef knife. But my new favorite method is actually a centuries-old tool: the Sitter Macaroni Guitar.
A chitarra (pronunning key-Tahr-Rah) is a Macara cutting tool which halams of abrowszo, in the Central area of Italy. Stainless Steel Vires Tullly strung across a wooden frame and resembles a stringed instrument (Chitarra means guitar at Italian). To use a chitarra, rolled-out recent pasta sheets were pushed by the wires using a rolling pin, cutting the dough in long ribbons of makbons of makeo dosco makboons. The noodles fall below onto a slanted wooden board, where they can be twened in nests to rest before cooking or dried on a Rack For later use.
One advantage to this unique cutting technique is that it creates pasta with textured edges. The stainless steel strings leave the edges Square and gives the strands texture, rather than round (as traditional spaghetti that is extruded from a die cut), so sauces adhesive. Traditionally, Spaghetti Alla Chitarra (sometimes called Macachatieri Alla Chitarra) was paired with meat-based raging sauces, though anything other than a large red dressing will also work. The Macarona Launch is also reversible: One side has strings further separate to make 5 Milier-thick spaghetti, you can make 3 milliamter-thick taglyatelle.
Photography and eating styling by lies nyly
The Chitarra can't be the quickest way to cut pasta (for that, I recommend This pasta Fresca car), But it offers something else: a tactical way to deal with the long tradition of Italian cooking. It is a tool that is centuries old (with some records dating back to the Middle Ages!) And despite technological advancements, the pasta launch has not changed much from when it was changed. It was retained his nostable charm, and there is still a reason, it is still made and used to the day.
If you are looking to slow down and make the most of your pasta experience (perhaps with a glass wine and a cooking companion to enjoy the process with the chitarra is good.
Photography by Patrick Marinello; Food stealing by Yekaterina Boytsova
Tips for Chitarra Macaroni cutting successfully
- Do not roll the pasta dough out greater than the wire area – so in the case of the cheetearra pasta launch, approximately 6 “x 14”.
- Use the two screws at the base of the frame to adjust the tightness of the strings as necessary. Since the frame is made of wood and could warp over time, use the two screws to tighten the pasta-cutting strings.
- To clean the chitarra, wait for any dough bits to dry and Brush them off. It is much easier than trying to fit the whole thing in your kitchen sink to clean the crevices. (Plus, soaking it in water would cause the wood to warp!)
Sitter Macaroni Guitar
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$ 64.95
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