Homemade Pasta

Ingredients

  • Flour (unbleached, unenriched, organic) (4 cups)

  • Eggs (5)

  • Olive oil (1/3 cup)

  • Salt (1 tsp.)

How to Prepare

  1. Place four on a counter top.

  2. Sprinkle salt on top.

  3. Mix the eggs in a bowl.

  4. Using your finger, make a well in the center of the flour and pour in the eggs.

  5. Marry the eggs and flour using a fork.

  6. Add olive oil and continue to mix.

  7. With a baker’s knife, work the rest of the flour in with the egg mixture.

  8. Knead by hand for 5 -10 minutes building up the elasticity of the dough. Add water as necessary.

  9. Coat with olive oil and rest at room temperature for around 30 minutes.

  10. With a baker’s knife, cut a small piece of dough and roll flat on a lightly floured counter top.

Spaghetti:

  1. Cut the dough so that it will fit on the surface of the pasta guitar and lay one piece on top of the wires.

  2. With a rolling pin, gently work the dough through the wires.

  3. Place in a baking pan with a wire rack and set aside.

Fettuccine:

  1. Cut the dough and roll into a cylinder.

  2. With a knife, cut the cylinder into sections about 1 centimeter wide, or to your liking.

  3. Unroll the dough and place in a baking pan

To cook:

  1. Boil water in a large pot.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon of salt per gallon for water.

  3. Place one portion of the pasta in to the boiling water.

  4. Cook until done and place directly in a dish using a pasta fork.

  5. Continue one portion at a time until done.

  6. Add sauce, cheese and parsley. Enjoy!