Tips And Hints - Cuisinart PE-50 Manual Del Usuario

ful. Do not use metal tools to
scrape off dough or you may
cause damage to the plates.
The pasta plate pieces are
marked for easy assembly.
F = Fusilli
B = Bucatini
R = Rigatoni
LM = Large Macaroni
SM = Small Macaroni
S = Spaghetti
4. Do not wash pasta extruder
housing in dishwasher or
immerse in water or other
liquids. Wipe extruder with
damp cloth. Wash ring nut
in warm, soapy water. Do
not put the ring nut or pasta
plates in the dishwasher.
Pasta plates can be washed
in warm, soapy water and are
top-rack dishwasher safe.
5. Any other servicing should be
performed by an authorized
service representative.

Tips and Hints

• It is essential to stir the flour
before you measure it. Do not
scoop it right out of the bag.
• The key to making fresh pasta
is to have the right feel of the
dough – not too moist or too
dry. Dough should be pliable
and come together in one ball,
yet should not be sticky to the
touch.
• The humidity of the day can
greatly affect the pasta dough.
If the day is very humid, watch
and feel the dough when you
are finished kneading. If it is
still sticky, knead in one table-
spoon of flour at a time until
the stickiness disappears.
• Always add pasta dough to
feed tube slowly, waiting a
couple of minutes for it to
knead in the chute and begin
extruding before adding more.
Do not overfill, which will cause
pasta to extrude very slowly.
• If pasta extrudes too slowly,
turn off the Stand Mixer and
carefully remove some dough
from the pasta extruder chute.
• If a piece of pasta gets stuck,
turn off the Stand Mixer and
gently nudge lodged dough
piece with the back of the
wrench.
• A pasta cutter is included to
cut pasta, but a paring knife or
metal bench scraper can also
be used.
• Try to cut pasta into similar
lengths to ensure even
cooking.
• The dough may come out curly
in the first batch. The dough
should straighten in the sec-
ond batch. Any curled pasta
can be reprocessed.
• Separate pasta as soon as it
is cut from the pasta extruder.
Toss freshly extruded pasta
with semolina flour to prevent
sticking. Pile dusted noodles
together in loose bundles on a
flat, clean surface.
• To cook pasta, add 1 table-
spoon of salt and 1 tablespoon
of oil to 6 quarts boiling water.
Add pasta slowly and sepa-
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