Fresh Fettucini
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Recipe type: Main Course
Serves: 6-12
Ingredients
  • 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil(makes more of a supple dough)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp salt for dough
  • enough water to bring dough together
  • salt for cooking water
Instructions
  1. Dump flour in bowl
  2. Add salt and mix together
  3. Make a well in the middle of the bowl
  4. Add 3 large eggs
  5. Add olive oil
  6. Use fork to break yolks
  7. Start stirring ingredients with fork, and incorporating dry into wet
  8. Add water 1 Tbsp at a time, stirring until dough forms a ball and comes away from bowl
  9. Dump dough onto a lightly floured surface
  10. Knead for a few minutes until dough is smooth and not sticky
  11. If dough is still sticky add a little more flour and knead a bit more
  12. let dough rest for 1/2 hour to 45 minutes, covered with a clean dry dishcloth(this will make it easier to work with)
  13. ROLLING OUT THE PASTA
  14. on a lightly floured surface, cut the dough into eight to eleven pieces Working one piece at a time, pat each piece out into a rough rectangle, then pass it through your pasta machine on the widest (#1) setting
  15. Fold dough in half, and pass it through again
  16. Repeat 2 more times on #1 setting
  17. Repeat with all the pasta pieces
  18. Continue passing all the pasta pieces through the machine, one time per notch, (#2, #3, #4, # 5, #6 remembering to dusting them very lightly with flour to prevent the dough from sticking
  19. When you have gotten to #6 or # 7 your dough will be very thin, and you might find that you have reached the desired thickness(we stopped at #7)
  20. Use the pasta cutter attachment to cut the sheets into fettucini, or cut the pasta by hand on a cutting board with a sharp knife
  21. Dust pasta with more flour to prevent sticking
  22. Heavily salt boiling water
  23. Place pasta in boiling salted water
  24. Stir to prevent sticking
  25. Allow water to come back up to a boil, cook for 1 more minute, and taste pasta to see if it is done
  26. Fresh pasta cooks quickly
  27. Strain in colander
  28. Toss into your favorite homemade pasta sauce
  29. Enjoy with with family and friends
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/12/07/fresh-fettucini/