Master Recipe for Pasta Dough

Submitted by Diana in KS

"Makes about 1 pound fresh pasta. Cook’s Illustrated version."

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 2
• Yields: 1 pound

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 large eggs, beaten

directions

1. Pulse flour in workbowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade to evenly distribute.
2. Add eggs; process until dough forms a rough ball.
3. (about 30 seconds.
4. If dough resembles small pebbles, add water, ½ teaspoon at a time.
5. If dough sticks to side of workbowl, add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, and process until dough forms a rough ball.).
6. Turn dough ball and small bits out onto a dry work surface.
7. knead until dough is smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
8. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside until you're ready to run through pasta machine.

Reviews

[Yellow Lab Lover]

My husband surprised me tonight with a new pasta attachment for my Kitchen aid and i needed a recipe to try out my new gadget. I followed the recipe exactly as written (but i doubled the batch as my mixer was too big to handle a single batch) . This was a very VERY good and simple recipe. The pasta was light and fluffy and tasty.

 

[MsPia]

Great recipe. After I added the 3 eggs I thought the dough was to dry so I added a fourth egg. Bad idea! Just follow Diana's directions, they are perfect. I used the pasta to make Papardelle for recipe#267156 and just to add a little bit of color and a touch of flavor I added some Turmeric and paprika to the flour. Thanks for posting.

 

[LoveMyPeeps]

i did it the old fashioned way of kneading by hand. i then used a hand-cranked pasta machine to cut to spaghetti. the result was a very 'bouncy' noodle that soaked up the sauce very well. bravo

 

[Snowpuma]

Fast, easy, great flavor....Thanks for this great recipe Diana!!!