If you have some time and are willing to continue the effort in, you can make your own homemade pasta. The fundamental components:
3 / 4 cup unbleached white flour
1 egg
Pinch of salt
That's it. Some people use a little (1 / 2 teaspoon) extra virgin olive oil in their pasta, but it is optional. This recipe makes enough pasta for 2 regular servings, so if you want more of a rise in the same proportion.
The classic way toPasta is, by the flour on a board, a good job, and the egg and salt into the well. With a fork, gently mix the egg with the flour until a rough dough forms, then knead the dough with your hands until it becomes soft. But there may also be in a bowl, a food processor or a blender is made with bread hooks.
A few tips: If the dough is too sticky, dust with a little flour and knead it some more. If the dough is too dry, sprinkle a little water on it and knead it in.Determine the moisture in the air, whether it is a dough is too sticky or dry, with the basic recipe, you have to act accordingly.
After the dough has been kneaded and is soft and elastic, wrap it in foil and let it rest for 20 minutes. This will help 'relax' the gluten in the dough and make it easier to roll out.
People who regularly invest in a pasta pasta machine. While this makes for more uniform noodles, you do not need a. TakeBatter after he rested and separate it into small portions, if you had made it the basic recipe. Dust a board with flour, laid Roll out the dough on the board and. Try out the dough thin enough so that you can almost see through them. If the dough sticks, dust with a little flour.
If the dough as thin as you like, dust it with a little flour and roll it like a jelly roll. With a very sharp knife, cut the roll into very thin slices. Roll out the dough and allow to dry for 20 minutes or so on the board, or place it on a broom with a plastic sheet that has suspended between two chairs deal to fall.
After drying, the noodles can be cooked or refrigerated for use within the next 2 or 3 days. Fresh pasta does not take so long to cook as fully dried pasta, only about 4 to 5 minutes, even less if the noodles are small and thin. You want it al dente cooking (on the tooth, a small company in the middle, so watch fresh> Pasta closely as it cooks!
The basic recipe can be varied in many ways. Substitute whole wheat flour for the unbleached white flour for whole-wheat pasta. Whole wheat pasta is a little different "feel". Or you can spinach. Cook 5 ounces frozen spinach as directed, drain and let cool. Press as much water as possible from the spinach. The spinach should be about the size of a large egg when you are finished. Mix it inwith the egg before the flour.
Pasta can be spiced up with most anything. Add a little garlic, a little tomato juice, let your imagination run wild and experiment! Making homemade pasta is easy!
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