Kadlik passing semolina dough through her pasta machine, which she calls “Sophia”
cutting dough using a pizza cutter
Gail O’Connor in front of one the refrigerated display featuring imported cheeses, Italian sausage from Boston, and Kadlik’s house made pasta sauces. Photos by Doug Langeland.
Kadlik starts her mozzarella with curd from Narragansett Creamery in Rhode Island. The curds are cut into uniform slices and slowly softened in warm, and then hot, water. Using both hands, Kadlik stretches and folds the curds until they become elastic and take on a glossy sheen.
The mozzarella is now ready to be shaped. Kadlik makes burrata (mozzarella with a creamy filling in the center); traditional baseball ball-size mozzarella and boccocini, bite-size nuggets of cheese.
A few pinches and a twist seals in the filling.
hand forming garganelli using a chitarra and a wooden pinroll. A grooved pasta with pointed slanting ends, garganelli are Kadlik’s favorite pasta shape. “I love the way it grabs the sauce,” she says.