Homemade Pasta Recipe

By á-74568

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour, sifted (plus extra flour for preparing)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs, beaten
• 2 tablespoons water

Details

Preparation time 75mins
Cooking time 75mins

Preparation

Step 1

1. Place eggs, water, flour and salt in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and flat beater. Turn to Speed 2 and mix for 30 to 60 seconds. Add more water if the dough is too dry, in 1/2 tablespoon increments.

2. Change out the flat beater for the dough hook. Turn to Speed 2 and knead for 2 minutes. Remove the dough and knead by hand for 2 minutes. Let it rest for 20 to 30 minutes.

3. Cut the dough into four pieces before processing with pasta sheet attachment. Take one piece and flatten into a rectangular shape, adding flour to both sides. Be sure to cover the other pieces. Attach the pasta sheet roller to your stand mixer and set it to #1. Turn on the stand mixer and set to #1. Turn on the stand mixer to Speed 2 and run the pasta dough through the past sheet roller. While on #1, fold the dough in hals and run it through again. Do this several times.

4. Adding a little bit of flour on each side of the dough again, change the setting to #2 and pass the pasta dough through the sheet roller. Do this twice and twice each on #3 and then #4. If you want thicker dough, do not use #4.

5. Once again, add flour to each side of your long pasta sheet. Change the attachment to your spaghetti or fettuccine cutter and turn on to speed 2. Run the pasta sheet through and with your left hand, hold on to the pasta as it passes through the cutter. It's usually really long so I cut it and then wind it around my hand to create a nest. Allow the pasta to dry for a few minutes before boiling.

6. When boiling your pasta, it only needs 3 to 7 minutes to boil. Be sure to add salt to the water.

7. If drying your pasta, hang on clean plastic clothes hangers or a pasta drying rack for at least on hour.