Fresh Pasta Dough

Adapted from The Clever Carrot. There’s a LOT of good information there for how/what/why.

Directions:

  • *Note: For the eggs & yolk, the total combined weight (cracked) should be 185 g. Because eggs size vary, make up the difference (if needed) with olive oil. For example, if you end up with a total of 175 g eggs + yolk, you’ll need 10 g olive oil to equal 185 g. Olive oil makes the dough more soft, supple and satisfying to work with.
  • *Note: Our family prefers the 50/50 00 flour to semolina flour, adjust to suite your preference.

Instructions

  • Option 1:
    Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the center, add wet ingredients. Using a fork stir the wet ingredients, gradually incorporating the dry ingredients until everything is combine.
  • Option 2:
    Add the flour, eggs and olive oil (if using) to a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Process to form dough, about 15-20 seconds.
  • Remove to your work surface and cover with an upturned bowl for 5 minutes- it will be much easier to knead in the next step. Then, knead the dough into a ball, about 1-2 minutes. Cover again, and let rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour to relax the gluten. I prefer a 1 hour rest for long pasta sheets.
  • From here, proceed with your favorite egg pasta shape.

Notes

Using the Lasagna roller attachment for my Ankarsrum mixer:
#6 seems like a good thickness for ravioli.
#4 is preferred if going for spaghetti. Rolling the dough too thin (#6) before the spaghetti attachment ends up feeling more like cheap ramen noodles

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