Home Made Pasta
Yeilds1 pound fresh pasta
1 Tbsp. Olive oil
3 whole eggs
½ cup semolina flour*
1 ½ cups all purpose flour
2 Tbsp. water
In a food processor blend olive oil and eggs. Add
semolina flour and mix thoroughly. Add flour and
process. Had water and continue processing until the
dough comes together. On a lightly floured surface roll
out pasta dough into a large rectangle that is 1/8 inch
thick. Using a pizza cutter slice the dough into1/8 inch
wide strips desired. Place on sheet trays.
Bring 1 gallon of salted water to a boil. Add the
fresh pasta and cook pasta until tender. Drain.
Chef's note: Pasta is made with semolina flour.
Semolina is durum wheat, one of the three major types of
wheat. The others are soft wheat and hard wheat. Hard
wheat is high in protein and yields a flour rich in
gluten, which is suitable for bread making. Soft wheat,
lower in protein, is best for muffins and biscuits.
Durham wheat is high in gluten, but is not good for
baking, therefore is ground into semolina, which makes
excellent pasta.
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