Homemade Pasta Dough

Method

1. I

   Place flour in large glass bowl and form a well in the middle.

2. II

   Place remaining ingredients in well.

3. III

   With fork, in a circular motion, stir wet ingredients just around rim of dry ingredients, bringing a little bit of flour into the wet mixture a little at a time until all are mixed together.

4. IV

   Pour mixture onto a floured board and knead until tight and glossy. It should be difficult to mix, to a point where no more flour will stay into mixture.

5. V

   Form into a ball and let sit, covered, for 1/2 an hour to an hour.

6. VI

   Cut into manageable pieces to fit into pasta machine.

7. VII

   Flour pieces as needed, if dough is to sticky it will not go through pasta machine smoothly.

8. VIII

   Run 3 time through larger slot size, then once through decreasing sizes progressively until desired thickness.

9. IX

   Run through pasta cutter of choice then let dry overnight. I lay noodles across a clean broom handle, that I use for this purpose only, placed in between two chairs.

10. X

    Store dried pasta in sealed plastic bags or containers.

11. XI

    Cook as needed. Fresh pasta noodles need very little time to cook as compared to store bought pasta noodles.