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!
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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😍 Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Homemade pasta takes only a few minutes to cook.
- You only need a few ingredients that are found in most kitchens.
- You can freeze the pasta to use for another time, or dry it for longer storage.
- You can incorporate herbs and other flavors into homemade pasta!
🔖 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 them!
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, but 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!
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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 through the machine. If the dough is too sticky, dust with flour.
Step 6: 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.
Step 7: If making spaghetti or fettuccine noodles, dust pasta strips with more flour, and run through the appropriate section of the machine.
🍽 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!
🤷🏻♀️ Pro Tips
- 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.
- 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.
🥘 Related Recipes
If you enjoy this homemade pasta recipe, you may also enjoy making Italian potato pasta (gnocchi) from scratch!
📖 Recipe
Quick Homemade Pasta
Equipment
- 1 Pasta Machine
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon dried herbs (basil, organo, Italian seasoning etc.)
Instructions
- 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.
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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