How to Make Pasta Dough

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a tutorial on how to make your own pasta at home. Nothing beats fresh pasta. The taste is superior to store bought pasta. I made use of some durum wheat semolina in this recipe. Durum wheat has a higher protein content than other species of wheat which helps with the pasta structure. Feel free to use only all purpose flour, only durum wheat semolina or a combination of both. I also used a combination of whole egg and egg yolk. If you want your pasta to be very yellow and richer, you can use only egg yolks. The pasta dough made here cane be used to make all types of pastas such as farfalle, ravioli and fettuccine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RECIPE:

Makes about 200 grams of fresh pasta.

(1) 65 Grams All Purpose Flour (1/2 Cup)

(2) 75 Grams, Durum Wheat Semolina (1/2 Cup)

(3) 1 Egg + 1 Egg Yolk

(4) 1 Teaspoon of Olive Oil

(5) 1/4 Teaspoon of Salt

(6) Black Pepper and Dried Herbs (Optional)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROCEDURE:

(A) To Make Dough:

(1) Mix the flour, semolina, sat and pepper in a bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) In another bowl, mix together the egg, egg yolk and olive oil.

(3) Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour in the egg mixture. Mix until the dough starts to come together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Pour dough on work surface and knead for about 5 minutes. If though is too dry due to egg size, you can add some water. The dough is going to be stronger than bread dough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5) Cover dough and allow to rest on counter top for 30 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6) After 30 minutes, the dough is ready to be used as desired.

NOTE: A food processor can be used to make pasta dough. Place dry ingredients in processor and pulse to mix. Mix the egg, egg yolk and oil together in a bowl. With the processor running, feed the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and keep processing until the dough comes together. Knead the dough to form a ball.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(B) Rolling out Dough

(1) Flatten the dough with a rolling pin. This is to aid with the rolling process. Transfer dough to pasta making machine and start rolling out starting from the highest setting to the smallest. If you do not have a pasta rolling machine, the entire process can be done with a rolling pin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Pass the dough through the highest setting about 3 times, folding after each pass. This is to laminate the dough and make it stronger and stretch better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Keep rolling the dough, reducing the settings as your proceed until the dough is as thin as you want it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4) Now that you have rolled out your dough, it can now be used for a lot of pasta types. To make lasagna sheets, simply divide dough into large sheets and use them to make your favorite lasagna recipe. Below, I will be showing you how to make Linguine, Fettuccine and Spaghetti using this dough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(C) Making Long Pasta

(1) Divide the dough into two and air it for 5 minutes so it dries out a bit. Do not air it for long as the dough will break while cutting if you do so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Pass dough through the appropriate cutter for the desired shape. If you do not have a cutter, fold the sheets on themselves and cut out the shapes using a sharp knife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below are links to posts on now to make other types of pasta. Have fun making pasta!

(1) Farfalle (Bow Tie) Pasta. Link here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2) Tortellini and Tortelloni. Link here

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3) Ravioli. Link here.