Superbly Textured Homemade Pasta
- 400 grams Bread (strong) flour
- 400 grams Cake flour
- 2 Eggs
- 380 ml together with the eggs Water
- 10 grams Salt
- Add water to the eggs to make a total of 380 ml.
- Add the salt and stir well to dissolve.
- Sift the strong flour and cake four into your largest bowl.
- (The one in the photo is from the 100 yen store.)
- Make a well in the center of the flour.
- Save a little (approximately 50 ml) of the Step 1 mixture, and pour the rest into the well.
- Mix it round and round with chopsticks This is fun to do with kids.
- When it looks crumbly like the photo, it's ready.
- If there are large lumps, rub them together with your fingers to make small crumbs.
- Gather the dough into a ball.
- If it's hard to bring it together, add some of the leftover egg mixture, a little at a time.
- It's better not to add any if you're planning to use a pasta machine, since a firmer dough works better.
- When the dough just barely comes together, it's ready.
- Put the dough on top of a large plastic bag and cover it with another plastic bag.
- (I bought the plastic sheet in the photo at a wholesale store.)
- Stand on top of the plastic bag and knead the dough with your feet.
- This is where my kids help out.
- When it gets flat, fold the four sides to the center and knead again.
- The more you repeat this, the firmer it becomes.
- When the dough is firm, form it into a ball, put it in a plastic bag and chill it in the fridge for 1 hour or up to one day.
- Roll the dough out thinly, and cut it in a pasta machine.
- If cutting it by hand, roll the dough out thinly, fold it in thirds and cut it.
- Dry it lightly so it doesn't stick together.
- (I use a laundry hanger)
- Boil for 2-3 minutes and it's done!
- I used it to make "Cold Pasta with Cheese and Summer Vegetables,".
- Tomato and Eggplant Pasta
bread, flour, eggs, together, salt
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/147495-superbly-textured-homemade-pasta (may not work)