A basic recipe for: Fresh egg pasta

All you need is just eggs, flour and a little but of love and attention

Ingredients:

• 6 large eggs
• 600g Tipo '00' flour

Method

Follow this simple step by step recipe to make fresh egg pasta recipe 🍝 :

• Place the flour on a board or in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and crack the eggs into it. Beat the eggs with a fork until smooth.


• With your hands mix the eggs and flour together, incorporating it a little at a time, until everything is combined.


• Once everything is combined knead the dough together until everything binds together and you have one big smooth lump of dough.


• Once it feels smooth and silky wrap your dough in clingfilm and let it rest in the fridge for at least half an hour.


• After at least half an hour (it can be longer) you will need to roll out your pasta. This can be done either with a pasta machine or by hand. If you are rolling it out by hand it can be quite difficult to get a large piece of dough rolled out thinly enough. The trick is to cut your dough into section and roll out smaller pieces of pasta until they are super thin on a flour-dusted work surface.


• Once you've rolled your pasta, you need to shape or cut it straight away. Pasta can dry out super quickly, so you don't leave any freshly rolled pasta more than a minute or two before cutting or shaping it. You can lay a damp clean towel which to stop it from drying out.


• Once you've cut or shaped your pasta leave it to dry out for five minutes.


• While your pasta is drying out, bring a pan of water to the boil and place your fresh pasta in the water and cook for 5 -10 minutes.

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