Sourdough discard semolina pasta and the wisdom to have a backup scale

Jusa

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My poor KA was sitting lonely on the counter and my sourdough discard jar was full, so...time to make pasta! I doubled the recipe so I can have some for the freezer. I found this recipe online and it's a really good one (I've used it several times before). I use half semolina and half AP flour. The sourdough gives it a great depth of flavor and the semolina adds to the texture. The recipe calls for AP only but I like semolina...


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Of course while I was adding the flour to the mixture with my bowl sitting on the scale (my last ingredients) my scale turned off due to low battery, so I had to pull out my backup scale and do some math to figure out how much flour I'd put in thus far. Got it figured out though, whew!. Dough is resting while I try to decide if I'm rolling and cutting it tonight or tomorrow.

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I ended up cutting of a section and hand rolling and hand cutting enough for the chicken soup.
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I can only imagine how delicious sourdough pasta tastes! I love the flavor of sourdough!

I have a similar model of KA (a gift). The motor is heavy and powerful which is the reason, I assume, that the bowl levers up and down instead of the head tilting back. I go back and forth about which style I prefer. When I make Toll House cookies, mixing the dough with all the chocolate bits and walnuts does need a powerful motor.

Your photos are excellent, Jusa!

Lee
 
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I can only imagine how delicious sourdough pasta tastes! I love the flavor of sourdough!

I have a similar model of KA (a gift). The motor is heavy and powerful which is the reason, I assume, that the bowl levers up and down instead of the head tilting back. I go back and forth about which style I prefer. When I make Toll House cookies, mixing the dough with all the chocolate bits and walnuts does need a powerful motor.

Your photos are excellent, Jusa!

Lee
Thanks Lee! I love my KA.
 
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