Ingredients:
- Flour
- Eggs
- Salt & Pepper
There’s almost as many ways to make pasta as their is ways to cook it. Here’s a foolproof method that with a little TLC will get you there every time.
Two whole eggs for every one and 1/8th cup flour. Teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper. You’ll for sure need more flour than one cup, but play that part by ear. Have about a quarter cup off to the side to tag into the ring whenever the time comes.
Think one egg per person also, so this batch makes enough pasta for two.
Pour the flour into a pyramid on the middle of a cutting board. Using two fingers make a hole down the middle in order to create a well. Crack both eggs and drop into the well. Also, go ahead and drop your S & P right into the well also. Start with a fork to “pierce” both eggs a couple of times, trust me, this will make the next step a whole lot easier and will help combine ingredients.
At this point, you’re ready to party. Using your fingers (or if you’re a delicate flower keep using the fork) being to whisk the eggs, seasoning, and flour together. What you really want to do is start small, get the eggs properly combined and slowly begin to incorporate the flour from the inner walls of the well.
Tip: Before you begin combining the flour really get the eggs going, you want the yolk and the egg white to combine into one. If you begin incorporating the flour before the eggs have had a chance to combine you’ll end up working the flour a little longer because you’re having to both incorporate a new ingredient (flour) and evenly distribute both parts of the egg.
Knead the dough until it’s a proper ball, if it’s really sticking to your fingers and you’ve already incorporated the flour from the walls go ahead and grab some extra flour from your reserve stash. When it’s done, you’ll have a silky dough ball that’s pillowy to the touch.
Let it rest for an hour in a bowl covered by a towel. You’ll probably need to sprinkle a little bit more flour on the dough ball at the end of the hour when you’re removing it from the bowl and getting ready to roll it into whatever weird shape your heart desires.