Wednesday, July 11, 2012

How to make: fresh pasta!


4 large fresh chicken Eggs
1/2 tsp Salt
5 cups all-purpose white Flour (you are not going to use all the flour)
Make a well and crack the eggs, add salt to eggs


with a knife slowly and gently incorporate eggs with flour


like a whisking motion, letting the eggs grab the flour from the sides gently


until you get a ball of pasta. then knead the dough like you would knead bread. Push down and away from you, turn and fold dough on to itself and repeat, push down and away until its smooth, for about 5-7 minutes!


wrap in plastic and let it rest for twenty minutes


roll out the pasta on a floured surface with a rolling pin or use a pasta machine


until its thin as you want it, maybe 1/16th of an inch! I used a knife(the hard way) then a pizza cutter (the easy way)! 


and boom you got pasta! You can dry on a towel or use a broomstick. Use right away or will keep up to a week! Boil for 3-5 minutes if using fresh pasta right away. I never stored mine so I'm not sure the cooking cycle, maybe 8 minutes? :♥)

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