How to Make Homemade Pasta
Learn How to Make Homemade Pasta for the best-tasing homemade pasta bakes, pasta salads, and comforting soups. All you need is 45 minutes and six ingredients!
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup cake flour
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- Semolina and/or rice flour for dusting
Instructions
- Place your flour (or combination of flours) on a clean work surface, forming a pile.
- Form a well in the center of the pile and add the eggs and olive oil.
- Begin whisking the eggs, gradually incorporating the flour as you whisk until you’ve combined as much of the flour as you can. Mix in any remaining flour with your hands until it is fully incorporated.
- Continue working the dough with your hands, kneading for a full 10 minutes, until the dough becomes soft and malleable.
- Pat the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap. Set the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
- If you are cooking the pasta right away, fill a large pot with water and a tablespoon of salt. Bring the water to a boil while you are forming the pasta.
- Divide the dough into 4 sections, working with one section at a time and keeping the remaining sections covered so they don’t dry out.
- Use a rolling pin or a pasta machine to roll the section of dough very thin. In a pasta machine, begin with the widest setting and run the dough through the machine over and over, decreasing the setting on the machine until it is rolled very thin. If the dough becomes misshapen (it will), fold in the more tapered ends to keep your pasta as close to rectangular as you can while rolling it out.
- Use a pizza wheel or a fettuccine (or desired) attachment on a pasta machine to cut the dough into strips.
- Dust the pasta machine or your work surface well with rice flour to reduce any sticking.
- Cook the pasta in the boiling water immediately (fresh pasta only needs 2-3 minutes to cook).
- Alternately, hang the pasta to dry on a pasta rack.
- Pasta will dry in 1-2 days and can then be stored in an airtight container up to 3 days. You can also freeze the pasta for 3 months.
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Notes
- Using a wooden drying rack is a very easy and convenient way to hang out your pasta. Alternatively, twist your pasta strips into small nest shapes and dry them on a floured surface. Leave them uncovered for about 24 hours. You know they are dry when they make a crisp snapping sound upon test breaking them.
- If you live in a very humid climate, it’s going to be normal for your pasta to take longer to dry.
- Never use self-raising flour when making pasta. The raising agent in the flour will affect the outcome of your cooked noodles!
Nutrition
Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 339mg | Potassium: 111mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 179IU | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 3mg
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