"Egg pasta dough with step by step pictures. This is a very basic egg pasta dough which can be used to make any types and shapes of pasta dough."
I love making pasta. I bought a pasta maker recently and was very much excited to make different shapes of pasta. This is a very basic egg pasta dough.
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HOW TO MAKE PASTA DOUGH AT HOME
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Take flour, eggs and salt in a food processor and pulse few times till it comes together.
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Take it in a work surface and start kneading. Knead till it comes together into a tight dough.
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Now cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 mins or so.
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Now take a pasta machine and set it up for rolling the dough.
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Divide the dough into 2 portions.
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Start rolling it into the thicker settings. Now fold it to laminate the dough and keep rolling by reducing the setting size.
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You might need to laminate the dough few times to get the perfect texture.
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Now roll the pasta sheet in the thinner setting until you get the correct texture.
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Now you can use noodle cutter to cut it into noodle like. Or cut it like lasagna sheets as well.
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Ingredients you need to make pasta dough
- Flour
- Eggs
- Salt
Types of Pasta you can make using this dough
- Linguine
- Spaghetti
- Papardelle
- Tortellini
- Ravioli
- Fettuccini
- Lasagna Sheets
Tips for Making Pasta Dough
- If you don't want to use eggs in your pasta dough. Then add water instead of eggs.
- Pasta dough has to be very firm and stiff.
- Instead of maida, you can use when flour in the dough.
- You can use any herbs of your choice in the pasta dough.
- Lasagna sheets, spaghetti, tortellini, ravioli can be made using this dough.
Here is the video of making different shapes of pasta
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Basic Egg Pasta Dough Recipe
Ingredients
- 200 grams All Purpose Flour
- 2 Eggs
- ½ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Take flour, eggs and salt in a food processor and pulse few times till it comes together.
- Take it in a work surface and start kneading. Knead till it comes together into a tight dough.
- Now cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 mins or so.
- Now take a pasta machine and set it up for rolling the dough.
- Divide the dough into 2 portions.
- Start rolling it into the thicker settings. Now fold it to laminate the dough and keep rolling by reducing the setting size.
- You might need to laminate the dough few times to get the perfect texture.
- Now roll the pasta sheet in the thinner setting until you get the correct texture.
- Now you can use noodle cutter to cut it into noodle like. Or cut it like lasagna sheets as well.
Video
Notes
- If you don't want to use eggs in your pasta dough. Then add water instead of eggs.
- Pasta dough has to be very firm and stiff.
- Instead of maida, you can use when flour in the dough.
- You can use any herbs of your choice in the pasta dough.
- Lasagna sheets, spaghetti, tortellini, ravioli can be made using this dough.
Pictorial:
1)Take flour, eggs, salt
2)I used a stand mixer to mix this. Take flour in a bowl
3)Add in salt.
4)Add in eggs
5)Mix well
5)Give it a whirl. Keep mixing.
6)The dough will come together. If it doesn't you have to knead it by hand.
7)Take the dough out and knead it well
8)Wrap it in plastic wrap and set aside for 30 mins.
9)Now the dough is done. You can use this to make any types of paste and noodles.
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