Master Recipe for Pasta Dough
"Makes about 1 pound fresh pasta.
Cook’s Illustrated version."
photo by MsPia
- Ready In:
- 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
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1 pound
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 large eggs, beaten
directions
- Pulse flour in workbowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade to evenly distribute.
- Add eggs; process until dough forms a rough ball.
- (about 30 seconds.
- If dough resembles small pebbles, add water, ½ teaspoon at a time.
- If dough sticks to side of workbowl, add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, and process until dough forms a rough ball.).
- Turn dough ball and small bits out onto a dry work surface.
- knead until dough is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Cover with plastic wrap and set aside until you're ready to run through pasta machine.
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Reviews
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My husband surprised me tonight with a new pasta attachment for my Kitchen aid and i needed a recipe to try out my new gadget. I followed the recipe exactly as written (but i doubled the batch as my mixer was too big to handle a single batch) . This was a very VERY good and simple recipe. The pasta was light and fluffy and tasty. -
Great recipe. After I added the 3 eggs I thought the dough was to dry so I added a fourth egg. Bad idea! Just follow Diana's directions, they are perfect. I used the pasta to make Papardelle for recipe#267156 and just to add a little bit of color and a touch of flavor I added some Turmeric and paprika to the flour. Thanks for posting. -
i did it the old fashioned way of kneading by hand. i then used a hand-cranked pasta machine to cut to spaghetti. the result was a very 'bouncy' noodle that soaked up the sauce very well. bravo -
Fast, easy, great flavor....Thanks for this great recipe Diana!!!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Diana in KS
Wichita, 55
