Homemade Pasta
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This is a basic pasta dough recipe. I cut the pasta dough into lasagna noodles but this dough works for any type of pasta.
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour (I use two cups All-Purpose flour and two cups 00 flour but if AP is all you have, that’s fine)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 eggs
Instructions
Pour flour out onto a clean table or a large cutting board. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add oil and eggs.
Whisk eggs with a fork incorporating a little more flour each time. Gently keep stirring until you work the dough into a ball.
Press down and fold the dough over on itself. Work the dough into a ball again and wrap in plastic wrap. Let dough rest in the fridge for an hour.
Remove dough from plastic wrap and cut in thirds. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out about 1/4 inch thick.
Use your KitchenAid Stand Mixer and Pasta Sheet Roller Attachment on the lowest setting and run pasta through. Adjust the setting up one notch each pass through. I go to setting number 5 for lasagna. (The real trick here is to get the pasta dough to the right consistency to pass through the maker. This takes a little practice. Don’t get frustrated.)
When dough is rolled out, use a pizza cutter and cut dough into lasagna like sheets.
When all pasta is cut, let it hang on a pasta rack or something similar to dry while you boil your water.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. When water reaches a boil, season with some salt.
Add pasta a little at a time. Cook for about 2 minutes. Remember, homemade pasta cooks way quicker than the dried store-bought stuff so keep a close eye out.
When pasta is done cooking, assemble your lasagna.
