Basic Pasta Dough Recipe

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Basic Pasta Dough
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups unbleached flour
  • 3 eggs

Directions:

  1. On a clean dry work surface, make a mound of the flour and, using your fingers, make a well in the center of the mound. Using a fork, break the shell of the eggs one by one and drop the eggs into the center of the well you made of the flour. With the fork, beat the eggs together. Again using the fork, slowly begin to fold the flour in towards the center of the well to incorporate the flour into the beaten eggs. As you mix the flour with the beaten eggs, it will begin to form a doughy mass. Work this mass using your fingers until it begins to lose its moist and sticky character.
  2. When the mass begins to feel uniformly dry, begin to work the dough using both hands: kneading with the palms of both hands, pushing from the center of the ball of dough outwards and folding the near edge inwards to begin the kneading cycle again. The kneading stage should take about 10 minutes by hand.
  3. After the dough has been fully kneaded, it is time to thin the dough into sheets suitable for cutting. A manual pasta machine works wonders at this stage. Cut the ball of dough into three equal pieces. Form these pieces, by hand, into equal rectangular shape to be passed through the rollers of the pasta machine. Set the cylindrical rollers at their widest opening, put a piece of dough in the space between rollers and crank the handle to pass the dough through. As the sheet of pasta comes out the bottom of the rollers it should be set on a dry cotton towel to rest while you begin on the next piece. Repeat the thinning process with the remaining pieces of pasta, thinning and then setting aside, consecutively so that each piece of pasta is equally rolled out. When all the pasta has passed through the first rolling stage, set the machine to the next setting to begin rolling the pasta thinner. Start the rolling process again, beginning with the first piece of dough and continue with the remaining pieces. As each is rolled thinner set it aside and continue onto the next.
  4. As you return to the first piece of dough, set the cylinders one setting closer. Continue in this fashion until the pasta dough has been rolled out as thinly as possible.
  5. As the sheets of dough rest, keep them on a cotton towel, to prevent sticking to the work surface. When they are all rolled out you are ready to cut the pasta into the desired shape. They can be cut using the cutting wheels of the rolling machine or by hand using a knife.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 871.26 Kcal (3648 kJ)
Calories from fat 135.68 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.08g 23%
Cholesterol 491.04mg 164%
Sodium 191.19mg 8%
Potassium 382.79mg 8%
Total Carbs 143.82g 48%
Dietary Fiber 5.63g 23%
Protein 35.91g 72%
Iron 12mg 67%
Calcium 102mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 272.69 Kcal (1142 kJ)
Calories from fat 42.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.72g 23%
Cholesterol 153.69mg 164%
Sodium 59.84mg 8%
Potassium 119.81mg 8%
Total Carbs 45.01g 48%
Dietary Fiber 1.76g 23%
Protein 11.24g 72%
Iron 3.8mg 67%
Calcium 31.9mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.9
    Points
  • 22
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • sugar free

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