Fresh egg pasta
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ teaspoons salt
- ½ tbsp oil
Instructions
Making dough
- Add flour and salt to a bowl
- Make a well in the center and add eggs and oil
- Whisk with a fork incorporating a little flour at a time until mixed together.
- Transfer mix to bench and knead for 10 minutes.
- Cover and rest dough for at least 30 minutes.
Rolling dough
- Unwrap your dough and cut into 4 bits
- Add flour as needed to stop sticking.
Pasta machine
- Roll through pasta machine, making your way from the thickest setting to the thinnest setting.
- Lay your roll out pasta dough on a floured surface to stop it sticking
- Add the fettuccine cutting attachment to the pasta machine and feed the pasta through one sheet at a time.
Rolling by hand
- Roll out dough with rolling pin into a long rectangle. Rolling it as thin as you can get it.
- Fold your dough up gently and cut in to 5mm strips then unroll. Dust with flour if needed.
Cooking
- Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a large pot
- Add pasta and boil for 4-6 minutes