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Home-made Pasta
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5 from 2 votes

Quick Homemade Pasta

Once you try this tender, homemade pasta, you'll never buy pasta again! 
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time2 minutes
Total Time1 hour 32 minutes
Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 564kcal

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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 564kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 279mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 1g