Potato Chip Pasta
- 1 1/2 cups/100 grams potato flakes
- 2 cups/300 grams all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading and rolling the dough
- 1 1/2 teaspoons/9 grams fine sea salt
- 6 large eggs
- 4 large egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons/84 grams unsalted butter
- Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Preheat the oven to 350F (175C).
- Put the potato flakes on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until they are a deep golden brown.
- Stir them once during baking to ensure even browning.
- Place the baking sheet on a wire rack and let the flakes cool completely, stirring them occasionally to speed the process, about 30 minutes.
- Pour the flakes into a blender and pulverize them into a fine powder.
- Combine the potato powder, flour, and salt in a bowl and whisk together.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and yolks.
- Pour the eggs into the flour mixture and slowly mix them together, working from the center of the bowl outward.
- Once you have a cohesive dough, turn it out of the bowl and knead it on a lightly floured work surface, adding more flour as necessary until the dough is silky and dry.
- Wrap the dough in plastic and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Alternatively, you can put it in a vacuum bag, seal it, and let it rest for 10 minutes before rolling out your pasta.
- (This will leave you with a moister dough than resting in plastic wrap.)
- Unwrap the dough and cut it in quarters.
- Keep 3 pieces of the dough wrapped loosely in plastic while you work with the first piece.
- Lightly flour a work surface and, using a rolling pin, begin to roll out the dough.
- This process takes time.
- Dust the surface of the dough lightly with flour and continue to roll from the middle to the edges, turning the dough a quarter turn and flipping it over every couple of rolls.
- Continue to roll the dough until it is 1/8 inch (3 millimeters) thick and roughly 10 x 12 inches.
- Dust the dough with flour and fold down the top third of the dough.
- Dust the dough with flour again, and fold the bottom edge of the dough up over the third of dough you just folded down.
- Dust the dough with flour and, using a sharp knife, cut it lengthwise into ribbons 1/4 inch (6 millimeters) wide.
- Unfold each noodle, and dust with flour.
- Sprinkle a baking sheet with flour and loosely nest each batch of noodles on the pan in a single layer.
- Cover them with a kitchen towel and repeat with the remainder of the dough.
- When all the dough is rolled, refrigerate the noodles until ready to use.
- If using within a few minutes, simply cover with a kitchen towel.
- Alternatively, you can roll out the dough with a pasta maker following the manufacturers instructions, using the cutter of your choice.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Generously salt the water, then add the noodles.
- Cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a separate pot large enough to hold the noodles, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Drain the cooked noodles and put them in the pot with the butter.
- Coat the noodles evenly with the butter and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve immediately.
potato flakes, flour, salt, eggs, egg yolks, butter, salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/potato-chip-pasta-374148 (may not work)