You don’t need a machine to make your own pasta; it’s actually incredibly easy and fun to make by hand with your Picky Pickers! It takes a while, and is quite a workout, so I tend to save it for weekends.
Make sure you use 00 flour for this recipe, it’s extra fine and produces perfect pasta!
Serves 4 Picky Pickers or 2 grown-ups
Ingredients:
200g type 00 flour
2 eggs
a pinch of salt
Method:
1: Put the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and make a hole in the middle.
2: Add the eggs into the hole and beat the eggs with a fork.
3: Use your fingers to mix the eggs with the flour little by little until combined.
4: Knead the dough on a board until it’s formed a really smooth lump. This will take a while, and your arms will definitely ache!
5: Wrap the dough in the fridge and pop in the fridge for at least half an hour.
6: To roll out, dust a rolling pin and a board with more 00 flour. Roll the dough out, one small lump at a time, until it’s really thin. Fresh pasta dries out really quickly so it’s a good idea to cover the dough you’re not working on with a damp teatowel.
7: Cut the rolled out dough into narrow strips and dust with flour. I cut widthways so the strips are not too long, and make them about 2-3 mm wide.
8: To cook, put the strips in boiling water with a little salt and cook for just a few minutes until al dente.
9: Serve with tomato sauce and maybe some meatballs.
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