We had friends over for dinner a few weeks ago and we thought long and hard about what to cook for them. That’s when we remembered we have a pasta machine gathering dust in one of our cupboards. It’s been so long since we last used it you would not believe how much I love making fresh pasta dough. It tastes like no other, it even makes whatever accompanying sauce taste better. Plus I adore to be able to cut it in whatever shape I want. For those who don’t have a pasta machine at home I am not going to lie, it is a lot more work, you need strong arms to make get the dough to be the right thickness with just a rolling pin. I bought my machine on sale and paid 20€, a bargain. So if you are a pasta lover my advice is to invest in one. It makes pasta a ridiculously easy exercise and you only need 2 ingredients. The important thing is to cover the dough with cling film and chill in the fridge otherwise it becomes very dry very quickly. But you can always leave the cut-out dough out to dry, that