Pasta Dough

Recipe Description

Making pasta from scratch can be an intimidating endeavor. You might even think that store-bought dried pasta is just as good and you would be 100% wrong. The texture and flavor of homemade pasta far exceeds anything you could purchase in a box. Follow some simple tips and tricks and you'll never go back to the box again!
Italian

Equipments

E Measuring Cup
E Digital Scale
E Kitchen Aid Pasta Attachments
E Kitchen Aid Standing Mixer
E Kitchen Aid Pasta/Bread Hook
E Plastic Wrap
E Spatula
E Rolling Pin
E Large Pot
E Spider Skimmer

Ingredients :

Pasta Dough

E300 Grams of 00 Flour, 00 Flour is ground very fine and therefore a bit more expensive than all-purpose flour. In my opinion, it's worth the added cost, but if you're pinching your pennies, all-purpose would suffice.
E2 Tsp of Salt, Kosher, Can substitute with 1 Tsp of table salt if necessary.
E2 Each of Large Eggs, ***Eggs MUST be large, not extra large
E3 Each of Large Egg Yolks, ***Eggs MUST be large, not extra large
EVaries Grams of Water, Amount varies due to slight variations in egg size.

Nutrition:

Calories:
206kcal
Carbohydrates:
34.4g
Fat:
3g
Saturated Fat:
1.2g
Fiber:
1.2g
Protein:
7.6g
Sodium:
24mg
Sugar:
.3g
1 hr, 4 mins

Instructions:

  1. Measuring Your Ingredients
    It is vital that you measure all of your ingredients by grams and not cups. Set your measuring cup or bowl on your digital scale and zero it out. Make sure your units are set to grams. I have a Kitchen Aid scale that I purchased years ago and it works great, but any scale that can measure in grams and zero out will work.
  2. Combine Dry Ingredients
    Using your stand mixer with the pasta/dough hook, combine the 00 Flour and the Kosher Salt on low for about 1 min. I like to add salt to the pasta dough for flavor. Fresh pasta cooks much faster than boxed, so it doesn't have a lot of time to absorb the salt from the water.
  3. Combine Wet Ingredients
    In a bowl or measuring cup on a zeroed out scale, add your eggs and egg yolks. Pouring very slowly, add enough water to the eggs to reach a total 185 grams. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients in the stand mixer. Mix on level 2 for 3-4 minutes, or until the dough is combined and holding together.
  4. Kneading the Dough
    Knead the dough on a floured flat surface. You can use the 00 Flour or you could switch over to all purpose. Press the dough in the center and use your fingers to gently fold the dough over towards the center. Slightly rotate the dough and repeat, over and over again for 8 to 10 minutes. Shape the dough in a ball and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rest on the counter for 30 minutes.
  5. Roll Out the Pasta Dough
    Cut the dough into four equal parts. Re wrap the individual dough that you are not actively working with in plastic wrap. On a floured surface and with a floured rolling pin, roll the dough to an approximately 5" oblong piece. I use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer and pasta attachments for this next part, but you roll out the dough and cut it by hand if you're not too exhausted from all that kneading. Set the pasta rollers on the largest setting and run it through. Fold the dough in thirds and repeat on the same setting 8-10 times.
  6. Thinning Out the Dough
    Move the notch on the roller to the next number (in my case 2) and run the dough through twice. Then the next setting twice, then the next and final setting twice. Lay out the dough on the floured flat surface. At this point I find it easiest to fold the dough in 1/2 and cut the dough into two manageable pieces.
  7. Cutting your Pasta
    Switch the roller out for the pasta cutter. Feed the dough into the cutter supporting the dough in one hand a collecting the fresh fettuccine noodles in the other. Lay out the noodles on a pasta rack or twist into a loose knot. I prefer to dry them on the rack so they don't stick together. TIP- flour the rack so the pasta slides off with ease. Repeat steps 5-7 until all pasta is prepared. Allow the pasta to dry for up to 15 minutes.
  8. Cooking Fresh Pasta
    In a large pot, bring 6.5 quarts of water to a boil. Add 65 Grams (1/2) cup of Kosher Salt to the water. Allow the salt to dissolve, then add the pasta. Cook for 4 minutes. Using a spider skimmer or slotted spoon, remove the pasta. Your now ready to add your favorite sauce. TIP - using a spider skimmer instead of pouring the pasta into a colander keeps the added starch from coating the noodles - which causes them to stick to each other.
4 mins
7 people

Notes:

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Recipe By Green Eyed Gourmet

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