i mak-a da past-a!

I went to the store, and my dad was like, "get some carrots." So i bought a bunch and brought them home and he was like, "What the hell is this? Organic?" and i was like, "i don't know" and we was like, "Why didn't you just get the bag? They're cheaper. You need to get that California shit out of your head." I guess it's safe to say we don't subscribe to the 'organic' mindset. In the Pappas house the cheaper the better.

I was supposed to go over my friends house tonight, but it was not meant to be. Shit happens. Instead i did the only logical thing, make pasta. Here's the thing about making pasta: it's so fucking easy. Not only that but it's got this wow factor like, "you MADE your own pasta?" And you should, because it's easy, and tastes 1 million degrees better. So, here's how:

I had to look up a recipe online because my pasta making book is in Ca (aka the pasta making book i bought for my sister last Christmas). So i just used this one from AllRecipes with some adaptations. You need:


1 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 beaten egg
1 tbs olive oil
1 tbs water

I used a food processor but you could hand mix, or even kitchenmaid.
Mix the flour and salt. Add the egg. Olive oil and water. Mix until it comes together, then knead for 3-4 min. Let sit 15 min. Put a pot of water on to boil with some olive oil and salt.

This is going to be fettuccine with garlic shrimp and lobster, in case you were curious. I am not normally lobster quality (really fresh shrimp is a stretch), but for some reason we had some baby lobster tails in the freezer and i jumped on those suckers. I'm marinating the seafood with olive oil and garlic, this should have probably been done a day in advanced, but you got to work with what you have. Season with salt and pepper right before you bake. Preheat oven to 400.

Ok, so time to roll the pasta. You can do this with a rolling pin and knife, but fortunatley for me my mom doesn't know how to shop online, and always orders two of everything on accident. Anyway we have a pasta roller for the kitchen aid, good Christmas pick Danielle.



Jesus Christ, have you ever seen anything more gorgeous in your life?? Ok, at this point your water should be boiling, your oven should be ready, and you should have seasoned everything. Put the fish in the oven, put the pasta in the water, and set a timer for 5min, though you'll probably need 6. Meanwhile cut-up some more garlic and saute in some olive oil. If you want bread pop that shit in the toaster, because we are running out of time. After the garlic toasts to your liking (i like mine crispy, you know, for texture) put some butter in there and season with salt, pepper, and parsley.


When the pasta's done drain it, mix it in the skillet, and plate it up! We didn't have any parsley so i had to use some green from the carrots. Looks like they were worth the extra 50 cents after all dad. Plus because the only thing i had to buy was the shrimp, dinner was only 4 bucks.