Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Fresh Pasta

Basic:
4          Eggs
3cups   Flour
1/2tsp   Salt
Olive oil and water as needed

Tomato Pasta:
3           Eggs
1can     Tomato Paste
3cups   Flour
1/2tsp   Salt
Olive oil and water as needed

Direction:
1) Mix flour and salt together
2) Lightly beat the eggs (and tomato paste if used) and mix them into the dry mix
3) Mix and knead the mixture
4) Continue kneading and add olive oil or water if needed to form a non-sticky dough
5) Place dough in zip top bag and rest an hour
6) Divide dough into 8 parts,take one part and leave the rest in zip top bag
7) If using pasta maker,