Petal-Printed Pasta

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• Pinch of salt
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 cup packed small, flat edible flowers, such as pansies and nasturtiums, and flat herbs, such as chives, dill, cilantro, chervil and flat-leaf parsley

1. In a food processor, pulse the flour and salt.
2. With the machine on, add the eggs and olive oil and process until the dough forms a ball.
3. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth; the dough should be firm but not dry.
4. Wrap the dough in plastic and set aside for 30 minutes.
5. Cut the dough into 4 pieces.
6. Working with 1 piece at a time, and keeping the rest covered, run the dough through successively narrower settings on a pasta machine until you reach the thinnest.
7. You should have a 2-foot-long sheet of pasta.
8. Cut the sheet in half crosswise.
9. Lay 1 sheet of the pasta dough on a lightly floured work surface; cover the other sheet with plastic wrap.
10. Scatter 1/4 cup of the flowers and leaves evenly over the pasta, leaving a 1/4 -inch border.
11. Cover with the second pasta sheet and use a rolling pin to press the 2 sheets together.
12. Roll the sheet through the narrowest setting on the pasta machine one more time.
13. Cut the pasta into 3 even pieces.
14. Set the pasta on a floured baking pan in a single layer and cover with plastic wrap.
15. Repeat with the remaining dough, flowers and herbs.

flour, salt, eggs, olive oil, edible flowers

Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/petal-printed-pasta (may not work)