Homemade Pasta
Servings: 3 Servings
Easier to make than you think, homemade pasta is a great addition to your kitchen skills. Recreate the great taste of Italy. Homemade is the only way to go
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Equipment
- Pasta Roller, either hand crank or mixer attachment
Ingredients
- 100 g "00" Flour
- 100 g Semolina Flour
- 1 tsp kosher Salt
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 TBSP Kosher Salt for pasta water
Instructions
- Place both flours in a small bowl along with the salt and whisk to combine
- Sift the flour onto a clean, smooth work surface
- Using your hands, create a small well in the middle of the flour pile
- Add the eggs to the flour well and using a small fork, begin to stir to combine
- Slowly begin pulling some of the flour from the sides of the well into the egg
- Continue pulling more and more flour in until the mixture is a thick, sturdy consistency
- Using a bench scraper, pull the rest of the dough into the mixture and "chop" it all for several minutes to combine the rest of the flour into the dough
- Using your hands, begin to form the loose dough into a ball
- Knead the dough ball for 10 minutes. If the dough gets too dry, lightly wet the surface of one hand and use it to add moisture to the dough
- Knead for a full 10 minutes, until the dough ball is smooth and elastic
- Place the dough ball in a small bowl sprayed with cooking spray and cover. Let rest for 30 minutes
- At the end of 30 minutes, cut the dough ball in half. Return one half to the bowl and begin working with the other half
- Flatten the working dough with your hand and form into a rough rectangle shape
- Setting your pasta roller on its widest setting, run the dough rectangle through the pasta roller
- Take the rolled sheet and fold it in thirds (like a letter) and run through the pasta roller on its widest setting again. Repeat this step 4 more times
- Reduce the setting on the pasta roller one thickness level and run the pasta sheet through three times. No need to fold from this point forward
- Reduce the setting on the pasta roller another thickness level and run the pasta sheet through three times.
- Repeat reducing the thickness level and running sheet three times until desired thickness of pasta is achieved.
- Reset the pasta roller to the widest thickness and repeat the whole process with the second dough ball.
- Cut all pasta sheets to the desired shapes by hand or with a pasta cutter
- Heat 4 quarts of water to a boil and add salt to water before adding pasta
- Add pasta and cook to taste. Time depends on shape and thickness of pasta as well as preferred consistency of finished pasta
- Drain pasta and add to sauce or other use as desired