I have been wanting to make stamped pasta, or corzetti as its know, for a while.

I don’t own a corzetti stamp! they are quite expensive to buy so i decided to try something.

I rolled my pasta dough through the pasta machine with a doily and then cut it out in circles.

The lace created a daisy like pattern on the dough which looks so pretty!.

I used semolina flour and water to make the pasta, which is perfect for drying out.

I wanted to share this post as the pasta would make a lovely gift for the holidays.

Once the pasta is made you can leave it to dry out for a few days and then put it in little bags.

I love giving edible gifts at Christmas time and this year i wanted to make pasta for my friends and family.

I paired this pasta with a really flavourful pheasant meat sauce.

I was sent some pheasants from the British game alliance, and a ragu seemed like a perfect use for it.

I braised the pheasant whole with stock and wine until the meat fell off the bone.

The sauce wont look like much, but when its tossed through the pasta and served with crispy sage and Parmesan its delicious.

Stamped pasta

The great thing about using a doily is that they all have such beautiful patterns.

To keep the pattern consistent i rolled the dough through with a really small doily and cut each one out.

Break off small balls of pasta dough and roll it through your pasta machine until is it quite thin.

Then place the doily on and roll it though the machine to create stamped pasta.

Dust the pasta with some more semolina and place on a floured tray.

Its that simple.

Making the pasta dough

I used semolina dough, which is really easy to make, it has just two ingredients.

I have a post all about making pasta from scratch here if you want some extra tips before you start.