Editing Pasta (section)

===Fresh===
[[File:Pasta machine 2.jpg|thumb|A pasta machine in use]]
Ingredients to make pasta dough include semolina flour, egg, salt and water. Flour is first mounded on a flat surface and then a well in the pile of flour is created. Egg is then poured into the well and a fork is used to mix the egg and flour.<ref>{{cite web|title=How to Make Pasta Dough|url=http://allrecipes.com/howto/making-pasta-dough/|publisher=allrecipes|access-date=24 March 2012|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320092228/http://allrecipes.com/howto/making-pasta-dough|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are a variety of ways to shape the sheets of pasta depending on the type required. The most popular types include [[penne]], [[spaghetti]], and [[macaroni]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Fresh Pasta|url=http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Fresh-Pasta/Detail.aspx|publisher=allrecipes|access-date=24 March 2012|archive-date=21 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030155/http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Fresh-Pasta/Detail.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kitchen pasta [[Machine|machines]], also called pasta makers, are popular with cooks who make large amounts of fresh pasta. The cook feeds sheets of pasta dough into the machine by hand and, by turning a [[Crank (mechanism)|hand crank]], [[Roll forming|rolls]] the pasta to thin it incrementally. On the final pass through the pasta machine, the pasta may be directed through a machine 'comb' to shape of the pasta as it emerges.