Fresh Egg Pasta
If you have never made homemade pasta, you are in for a treat. This is so much better tasting and better for you than the store bought stuff. I bought a hand crank pasta machine for around $35 and it has been a joy to add this fresh pasta to our menu. You can also make this without a pasta machine - roll thin with a rolling pin and cut to desired width and length with a pizza cutter or knife.
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Ingredients:
| 2 cups | all-purpose flour |
| 3 | large eggs |
| 1 teaspoon | sea salt |
Directions:
Mix flour and eggs in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until dough starts to form rough little balls. Remove dough from machine and place in on a lightly floured work surface; knead briefly until dough comes together into a smooth ball. Wrap in plastic and let rest for 15 minutes or up to a couple of hours. (Can be refrigerated up to couple of days.)
When ready to make pasta, divide dough into quarters and press each piece into approximate 1/2-inch-thick rectangles. With pasta machine fitted with the roller attachment adjusted to its widest setting, run the first rectangle of dough through the roller. Fold dough in thirds and continue running it through the roller set at widest setting, folding it into thirds after each roll, until dough is smooth and pliable, 2 to 3 times.
Turn the knob to the next thinnest setting and run pasta through, adjusting the setting to the subsequent next thinnest setting after each rolling, lightly dusting dough with flour as necessary. Lay pasta on work surface to rest. Repeat rolling, folding and stretching with remaining 3 pieces of dough.
Switch to fettuccine attachment. Working one piece at a time, run stretched dough through cutter to form fettuccine. Lay cut pasta on a towel, forming them into little nests. Cook, or cover with a second towel until ready to cook.
Source: https://www.aarp.org/food/recipes/info-2015/welcome-spring-dinner.html?cmp=BAC-OUTBRAIN-FOOD-DSO_36698734_A+Welcome+Spring+Dinner
Photo source: https://www.fortheloveofcooking.net/2010/11/homemade-fettuccine.html
