Classroom Experience #1

May 18th, 2012 was a challenging day! We had to create a pasta dish within a short period of time in class. I don't mean quick and easy, minute maid, pasta from a box. I mean making it from SCRATCH! I had to create pasta dough (BY HAND!), roll it out, cut it, AND create our own sauce with some random ingredients provided. This may sound pretty easy, but it certainly was not. I felt like I was on a TV show called "Chopped"!

As the sauce was coming together with random ingredients that was chosen and were thought to be a good combination, I started tasting it to see if it needed more seasoning. We had to choose ingredients that would work well together with a mixture of sweetness, tart, and crunch for texture.

The final product came out surprisingly delicious. I was pretty impressed with what I can make with very little ingredients and I've realized that this is what chefs or people at home have to do! They don't really need a recipe to create something amazing. All they need are their taste buds!