Recipe type: Main Course
Serves: 6-12
- 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
- Dump flour in bowl
- Add salt and mix together
- Make a well in the middle of the bowl
- Add 3 large eggs
- Add olive oil
- Use fork to break yolks
- Start stirring ingredients with fork, and incorporating dry into wet
- Add water 1 Tbsp at a time, stirring until dough forms a ball and comes away from bowl
- Dump dough onto a lightly floured surface
- Knead for a few minutes until dough is smooth and not sticky
- If dough is still sticky add a little more flour and knead a bit more
- let dough rest for 1/2 hour to 45 minutes, covered with a clean dry dishcloth(this will make it easier to work with)
- ROLLING OUT THE PASTA
- 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
- Fold dough in half, and pass it through again
- Repeat 2 more times on #1 setting
- Repeat with all the pasta pieces
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Dust pasta with more flour to prevent sticking
- Heavily salt boiling water
- Place pasta in boiling salted water
- Stir to prevent sticking
- Allow water to come back up to a boil, cook for 1 more minute, and taste pasta to see if it is done
- Fresh pasta cooks quickly
- Strain in colander
- Toss into your favorite homemade pasta sauce
- Enjoy with with family and friends
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/12/07/fresh-fettucini/