I have been preparing fresh home made tagliatelle pasta with a team of local villagers to use for the forthcoming Family Christmas Fair 'Festa di Natale' to be held in Toffia on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December. Over 130 eggs where used in the process! With all that mixing, kneading, rolling and cutting we have enough fresh pasta, to be served with a local Sabina pasta sauce, for over 200 people! Of course we had to 'sample' the fresh pasta yesterday over lunch with the other cooks and their children - and believe me it tastes great! According to a local tradition, the pasta wasn't served in a plate, but directly on a number of large wooden cutting boards and each one of us had just a fork to help ourselves. This was such a great experience and what a great idea: eat as much as you can!
