Homemade Pasta - How To Make, Cut & Dry

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I'm gonna show you how to make homemade pasta dough just like your nona would make it .

Plus I'm gonna show you how to roll your dough like a pro as well as how to cut your noodles by hand so that you can be in complete control of their size .

And finally , I'm gonna show you how you can dry your pasta because say you made a little too much .

So it'll last in your pantry for months .

Hey , it's easier than you think so to make the dough , I'm gonna start off with one cup of all purpose flour and I'm gonna make a pretty wide , well , right on the table next , I'm gonna crack two eggs in the center .

Ok .

Now I'm gonna beat the eggs with a fork .

Now I wanna move the flour in so that it turns into a dough .

Now that it's formed a dough , I'm gonna start working with my hands .

If things are looking a little bit dry , just add a few drops of water , need the dough by pushing it with the heel of your hand .

And then pulling it back , do that over and over again until the dough is smooth .

It's gonna take about 10 minutes after 10 minutes .

This is what your dough should look like .

It should be smooth and silky .

So now you'll want to wrap this in plastic and let it rest for 30 minutes .

And here's how it's gonna look after 30 minutes , it's gonna be relaxed .

A little bit sticky and ready to roll .

It's always better to work with pasta in small pieces rather than one big piece .

Any pieces you're not working with .

Now , keep them wrapped up in plastic .

Now , you wanna start off by putting your roller on the widest setting , which is number seven on this machine .

You always want to flour your dough a little bit before rolling it to avoid sticking .

So now I'm gonna put this through two times .

OK ?

So I really want to show you how to roll this dough in one piece .

But to do that , I need for it to be a nicer rectangle shape .

So I'm gonna fold it in half a couple of times this way so that it's a nice rectangle with square corners .

So now I'm gonna put it through two times again this way .

OK ?

So now this time I'm gonna stop right about here and leave about two inches .

Now I'm gonna attach this so that it forms a loop .

I'm gonna bring this piece over and press it down firmly to attach it .

So now I'm gonna roll this through two times again .

Next , I'm gonna go down to number six .

Now , number five , one little tip for doing this is you want to keep the top sheet and the bottom sheet here nice and slack .

If you stay slack , this will go really well for you .

You don't want to pull on that at all or it'll start to taper off right about here and then it'll break .

So just stay nice and slack .

OK .

Now , right here , we're at number two , the second thinnest and I think I'm gonna stop right there .

So I'm gonna lay this down .

Now , you can cut this into sheets and use it for making lasagna or ravioli .

And because it went through in one piece , we're not gonna have a lot of scraps to deal with .

So I'm gonna show you how to cut some noodles .

I'm gonna take one piece and put it over the other .

It's easy enough to cut your noodles with the attachment that sometimes comes with your pasta maker .

But when you cut your noodles by hand , you're in complete control of how wide you want them .

So I have here a double sheet of dough that I just cut into a smaller piece .

And now I'm gonna fold it two times like a book like so and make sure this is really well floured or it will stick and you just cut whatever size noodle you want .

So this here is a fettuccini and fettuccini is perfect for any type of rich cream sauce .

So there you go .

That's how you cut fettuccini .

Ok .

Now , to make Papper Dolly do the exact same thing , just cut them wider .

Whenever I make Pepper dolly , I always have to do this by hand because I don't have the size on my cutter .

And there you go .

Papper Dolly is great for any heavy meat sauce and you can go as thin as you want .

Take it down to spaghetti or even a vermicelli .

This is a great way to use up scraps if you do have any lying around and they're perfect for soups and they dry really quickly before you cook your pasta .

You might want to let it dry for about 15 minutes and then make sure that your boiling water is nice and salty .

If you want to dry your pasta , just Sprinkle some flour onto a baking sheet and lay your noodles out in a single layer .

Try not to have them touch each other too much .

So just lay them out nice and flat .

Flip them over every now and then so that air can circulate .

They're gonna take about 24 to 48 hours to dry completely .

Another way to dry your noodles is to hang them just like laundry .

You can buy a special rack that's made just for this or you can just use anything that's clean when your noodles can break without bending .

That means they're completely dry and they'll last for months in your pantry and that's it .

Guys .

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