Basic Fresh Pasta

Our recipe

This simple pasta recipe forms the basis for many types and shapes of pasta, such as those in the recipes below. The basic pasta recipe can be doubled and the pasta frozen to use a later date.

Servings

Ingredients

250 g	Pasta Flour
3	Eggs
2 litres	Water
½ tsp	Salt
1 tbsp	Olive Oil

Method

Mix the flour and eggs together to form a dough.
Knead well for 5 minutes then cover with film and leave for 15 minutes.
Dust the pasta machine with flour and pass pieces of dough through the flat rollers.
Close up the rollers and past the dough pieces through again.
Dust the rollers again and pass the dough pieces through the flat (lasagne), tagliatelle or spaghetti rollers.
Dust the pasta with flour and hang it out to dry.
Put the water and salt in a large pan and bring to the boil.
Add the pasta and boil for 8/15 minutes.
Drain the pasta and toss it in the olive oil.

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Dietary status:
Without Dairy , Without Nuts, Without Soya, Vegan.

Please note: Dietary status is a guideline only. If you have a food allergy, please check the suitability of your ingredients.