I am a huge pasta eater. I grew up in a family that ate pasta every Sunday so it’s mainly a comfort food that brings me back to my childhood years.
My dad is from Naples, Italy. He’s also a master chef. So I grew up cooking and baking a variety of foods with him and it was always my favorite thing to do.
My dad and I used to make homemade pasta for holidays especially. It was always fun for me and I would get covered in flour. That made my 7 year old self feel like a “real chef” just like my dad.
Recently, I was inspired to make homemade pasta with my fiance, Tommy. I enjoy doing things with him and I thought it would be a lot of fun aka use his muscles an strength to roll out the dough haha. He’s a bodybuilder by the way so if you have one of those handy, this recipe just got a whole lot easier.
The pasta was super easy to make!! Just a little manual labor if you don’t have a pasta machine.
Besides, I hear they don’t use pasta machines in Italy! Italians make it by hand. Maybe I’m wrong but it makes it feel more “authentic”
You can use a rolling pin in place of a pasta machine or in my case, an empty (CLEAN) wine bottle.
Homemade Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 whole large egg
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- a pinch salt extra for water
- 2 cups flour all purpose
- water as needed
Instructions
- 🍝Place flour on a clean surface and make a large well. Large enough to fit the eggs and oil without them spilling out. Then crack all egg and yolks into the well, oil, and salt.
- 🍝Use a fork to “scramble” the eggs with the flour then switch to hands/kneading when it gets too thick for the fork. It’ll be crumbly at first but keep kneading it.
- 🍝Knead for aprx 10 min until you have a nice soft ball. You'll need to add water so it’s not so dry! Add it little at a time by wetting your hands and kneading the dough until you get a soft dough that’s workable.
- 🍝Flatten out like pictured above and let it set for 30 min with a clean towel over it.
- 🍝Roll the dough out paper thin!!! You want to be able to see your hand through it. You might need to use some flour to dust the pasta or counter from sticking
- 🍝Fold over about an inch and keep folding GENTLY! You don’t want mushed pasta.
- 🍝Slice however wide you want your noodles. Mine were a bit wider like pappardelle pasta. Have fun with it.
- 🍝Bring a pot of water to a rolling boil with a large dash of salt. Heavily salted lol. Put noods in little at a time unfolding them and stir a lot so they don’t clump together.
- 🍝They cook FAST (within a couple minutes in most cases) so keep an eye and taste test. They will turn a whiter color and less yellow when cooked. I prefer al dente with mine. 🙃
- 🍝ENJOY 😍
