Homemade Pasta
Fresh pasta is SO easy to make! This homemade pasta recipe uses just 4 ingredients - flour, eggs, olive oil, and salt - and it comes out perfect every time.
- Total time
- 1 hr 2 min
- Active time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 3, 3 to 4
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Equipment
- 2 required
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Homemade Pasta Recipe Ingredients
You only need 4 ingredients to make delicious fresh pasta at home, and there’s a good chance you have all of them on hand already: All-purpose flour – In the past, I thought you needed 00 flour or semolina flour to make great fresh pasta, b
In it, regular all-purpose flour yields chewy, bouncy noodles every time. Eggs – The key ingredient for adding richness and moisture to the dough! Olive oil – Along with the eggs, a splash of olive oil moistens the dough and helps it come together. Salt – Add it to the dough and the pasta water for the best flavor. Find the complete recipe with measurements below.
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Equipment
(the stand mixer to use the pasta attachment)
(I use these nonstick ones from Nordic Ware)
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How to Make Pasta
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Check out this step-by-step guide first, and then find the full recipe at the bottom of this post! First, make a nest with the flour on a clean work surface. Add the remaining ingredients to the center and use a fork to gently break up the eggs. Try to keep the flour walls intact as best as you can! Next, use your hands to gently mix in the flour.
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Prep
ActivePrep
30 min
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Cook
ActiveCook
2 min
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Total
PassiveTotal
1 hr 2 min
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Step 1
Place the flour on a clean work surface and make a nest. Add the eggs, olive oil, and salt to the center and use a fork to gently break up the eggs, keeping the flour walls intact as best as you can. Use your hands to gently bring the flour inward to incorporate. Continue working the dough with your hands to bring it together into a shaggy ball.
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Uses
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
- 3 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
Step 2
Knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes. At the beginning, the dough should feel pretty dry, but stick with it! It might not feel like it’s going to come together, but after 8-10 minutes of kneading, it should become cohesive and smooth. If the dough still seems too dry, sprinkle your fingers with a tiny bit of water to incorporate. If it’s too sticky, dust more flour onto your work surface. Shape the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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TimingInfoTimingfor 8 to 10 minutes
Target: 8-10 minute
Expected state: Knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes.
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Knead the dough for 8 to 10 minutes. At the beginning, the dough should feel pretty dry, but stick with it! It might not feel like it’s going to come together, but after 8-10 minutes of kneading, it should become cohesive and smooth. If the dough still seems too dry, sprinkle your fingers with a tiny bit of water to incorporate. If it’s too sticky, dust more flour onto your work surface. Shape the dough into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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Step 3
Dust 2 large baking sheets with flour and set aside.
Step 4
Slice the dough into four pieces. Gently flatten one into an oval disk. Run the dough through the Pasta Roller Attachment or a pasta maker three times on level 1 (the widest setting).
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Set the dough piece onto a countertop or work surface. Fold both short ends in to meet in the center, then fold the dough in half to form a rectangle (see photo above).
Step 6
Run the dough through the pasta roller three times on level 2, three times on level 3, and one time each on levels 4, 5, and 6.
Step 7
Lay half of the pasta sheet onto the floured baking sheet and sprinkle with flour before folding the other half on top. Sprinkle more flour on top of the second half. Every side should be floured so that your final pasta noodles won't stick together.
Step 8
Repeat with remaining dough.
Step 9
Run the pasta sheets through the Pasta Cutter Attachment (pictured is the fettuccine cutter). Repeat with remaining dough. Cook the pasta in a pot of salted boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes.
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TimingInfoTimingfor 1 to 2 minutes
Target: 1-2 minute
Expected state: Cook the pasta in a pot of salted boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes.
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Notes
Fresh pasta can be stored in the fridge, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 2 days.
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Homemade Pasta Serving Suggestions
If you’ve never had fresh pasta before, you’re in for a treat!
Its chewy, bouncy texture and rich flavor make it so much better than the dried pasta at the store. In fact, these noodles are so good that we usually serve them really simply.
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3, 3 to 4
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Fresh pasta can be stored in the fridge, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 2 days.
Fresh pasta can be stored in the fridge, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 2 days.
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We just got back from Italy and want to make pasta for our grandkids.
We just got back from Italy and want to make pasta for our grandkids. Can I make the dough up ahead of time, without flattening it, and have them knead and cut it? Can the noodle dough be stored ahead of time? Thanks for your time and this amazing recipe.
I do not have the pasta attachment for my mixer.
I do not have the pasta attachment for my mixer. I have to do it by hand. Any tips??
Hi Kelsey, you can do it by hand if you can try to roll it really thin and uniformly.
Hi Kelsey, you can do it by hand if you can try to roll it really thin and uniformly.
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