Pasta Dough

Pasta Dough

There’s nothing like good pasta EXCEPT fresh, homemade pasta! Take your lasagna to the next level with fresh pasta and you’ll taste the difference!

This is a foundational pasta dough recipe. I make a double batch for a big sheet pan of lasagna.

Or use this dough for ravioli, our filled Sacchetti Pasta, or for any noodle you prefer. It is delicate and delicious.

You don’t have to have a pasta machine or roller, but it does help and makes the prospect of making your own pasta less daunting! Don’t let that keep you from trying it. It is DELICIOUS!

Pasta Dough

Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: pasta
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 4 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 458kcal
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Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Flour '00 or All-Purpose
  • 2 Whole Eggs large

Instructions

  • Pour flour onto a work surface, shape it into a mound, scooping out a deep hollow in its center
  • Break the eggs into the hollow
  • Beat the eggs lightly with a fork as though you were making an omelet
  • Draw some of the flour over the eggs, mixing it, a little at a time until eggs are no longer runny
  • Draw the side of the mounds together, pushing to one side any flour you think you may not use
  • Work the mixture of flour and eggs with your fingers
  • Add flour if your finger pushed into the center finds dampness or stickiness
  • Once dough feels right, move excess flour to the side and begin to knead. Knead by pushing down on the dough with the heel of your hand, fold the dough over, turn a quarter turn and repeat. As the dough becomes tighter, use one hand to hold one end of the dough while you use the other hand to stretch the dough away from the other hand. Do this for 8 to 10 minutes until dough feels firm and elastic.
  • Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and set out, room temp, to rest for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Dough is ready to be used to make whatever shape you desire!

Nutrition

Calories: 458kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 5mg | Potassium: 137mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 13IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 6mg