FRESH PASTA RECTANGLES

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Categories     Food Processor     Pasta Maker     Egg     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 1/2 lb pasta

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 2/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour plus additional
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
Semolina flour for dusting
Special Equipment
a pasta machine or a KitchenAid standing mixer fitted with pasta-maker attachment

Steps:

  • Make dough:
  • Blend all-purpose flour and eggs in a food processor until mixture just begins to form a ball. (Dough should come together but still be somewhat sticky.) If dough is too loose, add additional flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough comes together. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand at room temperature 20 minutes.
  • Roll out dough:
  • Set smooth rollers of pasta machine at widest setting. Cut dough into 3 pieces and keep 2 pieces and keep 2 pieces wrapped in plastic wrap. Flatten unwrapped piece of dough into a rectangle and dust with all-purpose flour, then feed through rollers. Fold rectangle in half and feed through rollers 4 more times, folding in half each time and dusting with flour as necessary to prevent sticking.
  • Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and feed dough through without folding. Continue to feed dough through without folding, making space between rollers narrower each time, until second-to-last setting is used. Cut sheet into 4 (6- by 4-inch) rectangles.
  • Transfer to a wax-paper-lined baking sheet dusted with semolina flour and cover with plastic wrap. Roll out and cut remaining dough into noodles for another use.

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