Practice your best pasta making technique over video chat! With simple ingredients, this is a great recipe to make along with friends.
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FRESH PASTA
Fresh pasta isn't reserved for Italian grandmothers or people with too much time on their hands - all you need is a bit of muscle and a bottle of wine. You knead to give this recipe a try!
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Sangiovese
Tuscany, Italy
Because pasta is just a vessel for sauce, the sauce and filling preparation will influence what wine you chose to pair with. Consider how rich your dish will be when picking a wine: the heavier the dish, the more oomph you need from your wine.
With a classic Italian dish like pasta you really can't go wrong with a red from... you guessed it: Italy! Medium bodied wines high tannins and acidity are perfect with a tomato based sauce. If you go for an oil or cream based sauce, look for an acidic white.
Check out: Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino or Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
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Italy produces somewhere between 1,700,000 and 3,300,000 TONS of pasta each year, with the most popular brand being Barilla.