Have you ever tasted fresh, homemade pasta? If you have, I'm sure you'll agree that it can't even be compared with store-bought pasta. So good, it practically doesn't require chewing! Use the pasta to make my easy Lasagna recipe, marry me chicken, or your favorite pasta dish!
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I think most people are intimidated by the idea of making pasta from scratch. Perhaps they believe it's just too complicated, or beyond their talent level. Hear me now, don't you be one of those people!
Homemade pasta is not only easy to
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🔖 Ingredients List
- Eggs: Use fresh or freeze dried eggs.
- Flour: All-purpose flour
- Salt: I like to use sea salt or kosher salt
- Water: Enough water to bring the dough together
- Herbs (optional): You can add fresh or dried herbs to flavor your pasta. Try basil, parsley, thyme, oregano, and rosemary!
🔪 Helpful Tools
All you need to make homemade pasta are a few simple ingredients, and of course, a Pasta Machine. If you don't already own a pasta machine, I highly recommend one!
They are very reasonably priced. However, if you can afford it, spend a little more and get a Pasta Maker that attaches to your Kitchenaid mixer.
If you don't think you'll make pasta often enough to purchase a pasta machine, you can use a rolling pin. But be assured, don't blame me if it's not as fun!
🍝 How to Make This Recipe
Step 1: Mix flour and salt, then form a well in the center. Crack eggs into the center of the well, and scramble with a fork.
Step 2: Gradually mix the flour into the eggs until the dough begins to take shape. You can do this with your hand, or a fork. If adding herbs, add them at this point.
Step 3: Knead the dough for approximately 5 minutes, until the dough is smooth in texture. Wrap the dough in plastic, and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes.
Pro Tip: The resting period helps the dough to become more pliable and easier to work with, so don't skip it!
Step 4: Cut the dough into fourths, using a pastry scraper or knife. Leave one piece out to work with, rewrapping the rest, to keep them from drying out.
Step 5: Set your pasta machine to the largest/widest setting. Flatten the dough with your hands, and feed it through the machine. If the dough is too sticky, dust with flour.
Step 6: Fold the dough into thirds, and run it through the machine a few more times at the largest setting. Lower the setting, and feed the dough through the machine.
Step 7: If making spaghetti or fettuccine noodles, dust pasta strips with more flour, and run them through the appropriate section of the machine.
Once you master this recipe, try making potato pasta and homemade egg noodles.
🍽 How to Cook Homemade Pasta
To cook the pasta, simply add pasta to salted boiling water and cook for approximately two minutes, stirring a few times. Drain the noodles and use them in your favorite recipe, such as chicken scallopini.
🤷🏻♀️ Pro Tips
- If the dough is too dry, add water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until the desired consistency is achieved. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour.
- I like to run the dough two times through each setting until the dough reaches the desired thickness.
- If the dough becomes too long to handle, simply cut it into two pieces and continue feeding tit hrough the machine.
- If using the dough for lasagna, you don't need to boil the pasta first; just use it as is.
- If you want to dry the pasta for later use, form the pasta into coils and dust with flour. This helps to keep the noodles from sticking together. You can also dry the pasta on a pasta drying rack.
🥘 Related Recipes
If you enjoy this homemade pasta recipe, you may also enjoy making Italian potato pasta (gnocchi) from scratch!
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Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Mix flour and salt, then form a well in the center. Crack eggs into the center of the well, and scramble with a fork.
- Gradually mix the flour into the eggs until the dough begins to take shape. You can do this with your hand, or a fork. If adding herbs, add them at this point.
- Knead the dough for approximately 5 minutes, until the dough is smooth in texture. Wrap the dough in plastic, and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the dough into fourths, using a pastry scraper, or knife. Leave one piece out to work with, rewrapping the rest, to keep them from drying out.
- Set your pasta machine to the largest/widest setting. Flatten the dough with your hands, and feed through the machine. If the dough is too sticky, dust with flour.
- Fold the dough into thirds, and run through the machine a few more times at the largest setting. Lower the setting, and feed the dough through the machine.
- If making spaghetti or fettuccine noodles, dust pasta strips with more flour, and run through the appropriate section of the machine.
Nutrition
Notes
- If the dough is too dry, add water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour.
- The resting period helps the dough to become more pliable, and easier to work with, so don't skip it!
- I like to run the dough two times through each setting until the dough reaches the desired thickness.
- If the dough becomes too long to handle, simply cut it into two pieces, and continue feeding through the machine.
- If using the dough for lasagna, you don't need to boil the pasta first, just use as is.
- If you want to dry the pasta for later use, form the pasta into coils, and dust with flour. This helps to keep the noodles from sticking together. You can also dry the pasta on a pasta drying rack.
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