Lasagna or spaghetti or taglatelli
Actually the pasta can be shaped to any form using the dies (bronze shapes sitting between the scroll and the nut). These happen to be the ones I started out with. This quantity of dough is perfect for a four person pasta dish.
Contents
Home made pasta
Ingredients
- 200g 00 pasta and pizza flour
- 2 medium eggs
- 1.25ml salt (yes ml not tsps. 1/4 tsp is a little light).
- water only if necessary
Directions
Make the dough
Mix all ingredients in the mixer with a dough hook until a complete dough is formed.
Knead together until smoothish. Place into fridge for 20mins. (If you want to reserve half the pasta for later, now is the time to place in a freezer bag and remove as much air as possible - partially submerging in water helps to achieve that. Then place in freezer.)
Make the shaped pasta
Roll out to 4mm so can be feed through the rollers.
Roll once on "No 0" setting - the thickest.
On the slowest setting, roll through so that the pasta can be joined into a circle. Wind through going from setting 0 to setting 6 on the roller.
If Spaghetti or Tagaltelli are required, the swap out the roller for the appropriate cutter. Let's do spaghetti.
Now feed through the "spaghetti" cutter and hang to dry before cooking, at least 30 minuters but up to 4 hours is fine before needing to refridgerate.
Cooking the pasta
If boiling, "fresh pasta" needs only 2 minutes or so to cook. It doesn't need salt to cook al dente and do not add oil until after cooking.
The lasagna doesn't need soaking or boiling if using in a baked dish, the width achieved by the pasta roller is perfect for using a 400g bread tin to make the tradional dish.
See Raymond Blanc making spaghetti vongole from 5mins onwards.
Also see Disaster chef 2016.
NB - you can make a half portion which is a perfect size for two people.
If making in batches, this dough freezes really well. Simply make twice as much as you need and manually vacuum pack: squeeze the air out of the bag - submerging in water is messy but effective way to ensure this is done perfectly. Freeze until two hours before you want it and defrost at room temperature. This counts as your resting period.
