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Step 2Cutting & shaping
How to turn flat pasta into squid / calamari
Cut a rectangular sheet of pasta, the size is not that important as you will be trimming it.
At the bottom cut tentacles.
I used a custom-built tentacle-cutter STEP 4, but you could achieve a similar effect with a knife.
(Like a cookie-cutter, I just pressed the sharp part into the dough)
Cut two eyes above the tentacles.
I used a custom-built eye-cutter, but a cocktail-stick would serve as well.
Trim the sheet to the left and right, to give 8 tentacles, leaving a little overhang from tentacles 1 & 8 at each edge.
Wrap the sheet around a pen / pencil / spoon-handle or similar
Dampen the edges and press together to form a tube.
Hold the squid upright - using both fingers and thumbs - pinch the head to form two fins.
Trim the head into a point with scissors.
Dry the pasta squid to preserve their shape, I air dried on an obviously home-made dryer.
Cut a rectangular sheet of pasta, the size is not that important as you will be trimming it.
At the bottom cut tentacles.
I used a custom-built tentacle-cutter STEP 4, but you could achieve a similar effect with a knife.
(Like a cookie-cutter, I just pressed the sharp part into the dough)
Cut two eyes above the tentacles.
I used a custom-built eye-cutter, but a cocktail-stick would serve as well.
Trim the sheet to the left and right, to give 8 tentacles, leaving a little overhang from tentacles 1 & 8 at each edge.
Wrap the sheet around a pen / pencil / spoon-handle or similar
Dampen the edges and press together to form a tube.
Hold the squid upright - using both fingers and thumbs - pinch the head to form two fins.
Trim the head into a point with scissors.
Dry the pasta squid to preserve their shape, I air dried on an obviously home-made dryer.
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