How to Make Fresh Homemade Pasta in 4 Steps

How to Make Fresh Homemade Pasta - Homemade Tagliatelles Pasta Recipe Personally I recommend to make this preparation with fine semolina. The pasta stands much better and keeps a “al dente” texture.

Ingredients you will need to make fresh pasta

  • 7 ounces (200 g) fine semolina
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp of warm water
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon (5 g) of salt
  • 1 cup (100 g) of flour and a little warm water to adjust

Progression

1. Pour a fine semolina in the mixing bowl, add eggs, vinegar, salt, oil and water depending of observed humidity. Then mix all and adjust with a little flour if it’s too wet. It’s a culinary paradox: it’s must be firm but flexible!
How to Make Pasta At Home - Homemade Tagliatelles Pasta Recipe

2. Take small portions of dough that are lowered to facilitate the transition to the pasta maker. Lower the pasta to the number 0.

Fold in half and laminate again by increasing the pressure as you go.

How to Make Pasta At Home - Homemade Tagliatelles Pasta Recipe

3. You can reasonably repeat the process 4-6 times for a minimum development of gluten. Can be reduced to number 4, 5 or 6 depending on the desired thickness.
This already gives attractive strips to make lasagna, ravioli or cannelloni.
Note that the pasta hardens and whitens. It is the development of gluten that will offer the remarkable performance of pasta during cooking.

How to Make Pasta At Home - Homemade Tagliatelles Pasta Recipe

4. Strips then go into the cutter. And like magic you get your tagliatelles. Keep air drying on a pasta dryer stand for this purpose before cooking.
A few minutes in salted boiling water and cools it immediately.

How to Make Pasta At Home - Homemade Tagliatelles Pasta Recipe

In conclusion:
It is quite unnecessary to add oil in the cooking water. The boiling water is enough! To warm pasta if you cooked it a while ago, it is enough to pass them in the microwave or in boiling water using a strainer and drain.

The noodle dough can be colored with different ingredients such as black cuttlefish, beets, spinach, turmeric and bilberry or any food coloring. You can also add fresh herbs like basil, coriander, etc. You have the technology, now let your imagination flow.

If you don’t have a pasta dryer, a tinker yourself asking chopsticks or skewers on the edges of a container and place gently in the noodles.

The cooking time is very short, so fresh pasta does not cook in advance but at the order!

If you decide to get you hands on some good equipment to make pasta, we recommend the following kitchen utensils and gear:

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