Homemade Egg Pasta
A classic Italian fresh pasta recipe. Easy to throw together and perfect for pasta night!
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Servings: 5 people
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Pasta Rollers
- Large Sauce Pan
Instructions
- To make the pasta dough by hand- make a well of flour on your counter top. Add egg yolks, egg, milk and oil to the well & swirl with your finger, slowly pulling flour from the edges. Continue until all the liquid is integrated. Knead the dough until smooth and fairly firm but not sticky.
- If you want to use your stand mixer- combine all of the ingredients into the mixer bowl and use the dough attachment. Mix the dough until almost entirely mixed. Pull the dough out onto a lightly floured counter top and knead until the dough is smooth.
- Double wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for a minimum of 45 minutes at room temperature.
- Once the dough has rested, you'll want to cut off small chucks of dough, about an inch or so long. Lightly flour the dough and fold. This next step is going to start working the gluten in the dough.
- Using your pasta roller, start with the widest setting. On my Kitchenaid attachment, this is setting number #1. Pass the dough through the roller, then fold in thirds and rotate so that straight edges are on the side and send it through again. Repeat. If you find you need a bit more width to the dough, fold in half, rather than in thirds. You'll find that the feel of the dough changes the more you work it. Flour the dough as needed and continue to run it through until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Increase the roller setting to "2" & roll through once, flouring as needed. Repeat, changing the settings after each roll.
- If making tagliatelle, I generally only go up to #6. After which, I cut the sheet of pasta in two (if it's really long), flour both sides and run through the tagliatelle attachment.
- Hang the pasta on the pasta drying rack and continue the process until all of the dough is rolled. If you find that your dough is scrunching up whole rolling through the pasta cutter, this means you didn't flour the dough enough. Don't fret, just make sure your next sheet is floured more.
- Once your pasta is all rolled out, go ahead and cook in salted water. Fresh pasta only takes about 3-4 minutes to cook. Serve with your favorite sauce!
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