Fresh pasta

Not long ago I made ravioles at home and realized how difficult it was to get a thin layer of the pasta dough. That resulted in a pasta machine from Marcato Atlas and now I’ve become totally addicted to this machine, it is so simple to get the perfect thing layers of the pasta dough that you want to make fresh pasta everyday! Below you can find the pasta recipe I use:

Fresh pasta – recipe (serves 4 persons)

• 3 dl flour ( I use 2 dl durum flour and 1 dl regular flour)
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
• 1-2 tablespoons water
• 2 eggs

1. Pour the eggs and the oil and water in a bowl and whisk. 2. Pour the flour on a well cleaned surface and make a well where you pour down the egg-mix. 3. Start by gently draw some flour into the center while mixing it with the egg-mix and continue until you have obtained a dough. Knead the dough until you have a nice ball that is not sticky. If it’s sticky just sprinkle some more flour. Leave the dough to rest covered in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to 1 hour. 4. Ready to use! 5. I divide the ball into 4 pieces and then flatten one of the pieces with my hands, sprinkle some flour on both sides and then I roll it through my pasta machine on the level 1. 6. I fold the layer into one or even two, flatten it again with my hands and put it back into the pasta machine on level 1. I repeat this until I feel the dough is ready to be rolled out as a thin layer. Note that the width won’t change when you go through level 2-9, so make sure you have obtained the perfect width before you continue.This process it a part of the kneading procedure. I repeat it 1-2 times. Then I continue to level 2, 3 etc. If the layer feels a bit sticky, I sprinkle some more flour on both sides and roll it through the machine. I continue till I have reached the last level, 7. By now you have obtained the perfect thin layer of the pasta dough and you can continue to make tagliatelle, raviolis or whatever you feel for :-)

Flatten the doughball

Roll it through the pasta machine and fold it once or even twice, then flatten it and repeat the procedure

Roll the pasta layer at level 1 in the pasta machine until you have obtained the width you want, when you continue to the next levels the width will remain the same while the length will get longerAdjust the levels in the pasta machine

After level 9, the last one in the pasta machine: tadaaa! The perfect thin layer of pasta dough….