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simple homemade pasta dough

(2 ratings)
CookingMaven avatar
Recipe by
Leah Stacey
@CookingMaven
Huntsville, AL

I thought that making homemade pasta was going to be hard until I actually tried it. I have to tell ya homemade pasta's taste and texture is soooo much better than the dry stuff you get in a box! If you don't have a handy dandy pasta maker you can easily do it with a rolling pin and a pizza cutter!

(2 ratings)
yield 6 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
method Broil

Ingredients For simple homemade pasta dough

  • 2
    eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 2-4 Tbsp
    water

How To Make simple homemade pasta dough

  • 1
    In a medium sized bowl, combine flour and salt.
  • 2
    Make a well in the flour
  • 3
    Add the slightly beaten egg and mix.
  • 4
    Mixture should form a stiff dough. If needed, stir in 2 to 4 tablespoons water. (the dough should NOT be sticky!)
  • 5
    On a lightly floured surface, knead dough for about 3 to 4 minutes.
  • 6
    Place dough in the pasta machine and roll it through. Or roll flat on your counter top. Fold over in threes and add it to the machine a couple of times on the first level to incorporate the dough better.
  • 7
    With a pasta machine or by hand roll dough out to desired thinness.( I like it to be thin enough to just being able to see my hand through it.) On my machine it is level 6.
  • 8
    Use your machine or pizza cutter, cut into strips of desired width. Cook for about 7 minutes in boiling water.
  • 9
    Note: It may seem like the pasta isn't smooth enough after you knead it but once you put it through your machine a couple of times and fold it over it will start to smooth out. That is the same for if you don't own a machine and you roll it and fold it on the counter top too.
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