How to Make Your Own Pasta

By Brody Danielson April 09, 2020

How to Make Your Own Pasta

While stuck at home, this is a great time to try all those recipes you have been wanting. Today we are offering tips on how to make your own pasta! Surprise the others in your house with some homemade Italian to shake things up. This pasta recipe is simple to make and does not require a machine. It is designed to feed 4 people.

FIRST STEP

Start by piling up your 3 ½ cups of all purpose flour onto a clean flat surface
Mix in your pinch of salt
Create a hole in the center of the flour pile and add the cracked eggs to it
Mix the eggs lightly with a fork and slowly start mixing in the the flour
Do this until the mixture becomes dough

SECOND STEP

For step two start kneading the dough with your hands
Do this on a floured surface and continue adding flour until your dough is no longer sticky
If the dough begins to get to dried out, add in small amounts of water
Usually kneading the pasta dough takes around 8-9 minutes

THIRD STEP

The next thing you are going to want to do is divide up your dough into 4 even pieces
Take each piece and roll it out as flat as possible
Depending on what shape of noodle you want, roll it out in desired shape (for this one we are suggesting a long rectangle to make pappardelle italian noodles.
Once the dough is rolled out flat, grab your knife and cut into long strips
Add a small amount of flour to the cut pasta and hang it on a pasta rack or baking sheet to dry or until ready to eat

LAST STEP