Easy Homemade Pasta Dough Recipe - Happy Foods Tube (2024)

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What is the best flour for homemade pasta? ›

Durum Flour: Ground from extra-hard wheat (durum comes from the Latin word for hard), this strong flour is high in protein and finely textured. Its strength means you can use it for shaped pastas, like orecchiette, as well as extruded pasta, such as spaghetti.

Use one large-size egg for each full serving you want to make, to that add 1 ½ the egg's weight in flour. (You can do this with a simple kitchen scale.) If you don't have a scale, use 2 eggs per 1 cup of flour to make 1 serving. You can make one pound of fresh pasta with 2 cups of flour and 3 eggs.

The ratio of white and yolk in your pasta will give different results. The more egg white, the more pliable the dough; the more yolk, the richer the pasta will be. There are endless variations, but for a dough that works every time use: 1 whole egg plus 2 yolks for every 150g of flour.

Most pasta recipes require eggs, but any old eggs won't do. Fresh eggs are your best bet for high-quality flavor. Flattish yolks and watery whites can affect texture of your pasta dough and make it difficult to thread it. However, if you're seeking extra flavor and silkier pasta, use more yolks.

Semola and semolina flour are mainly used for making pasta, couscous, and some rustic cakes. Semolina has a coarse texture similar to polenta, while semola is flour. You might use semolina to make a breakfast porridge or sweet pudding, or under your pizza dough to keep it from sticking.

1) Start with a good homemade pasta formula

Let's begin with a basic pasta recipe: 1 large egg per cup of flour, plus 1 to 2 tablespoons of water as needed. That's it, really. Egg, flour, and maybe water.

Resting the dough gives the flour a chance to fully absorb the eggs so that it develops the proper consistence that you need for rolling and cutting it into the right shapes. Pasta dough should rest for at least 10 to 30 minutes, but you can let it sit for up to an hour for the best results.

With that said, it's important to bring your eggs up to room temperature before making pasta. Cold eggs will freeze up your dough and it won't knead as easily. In general, pasta dough likes to be warm (room temperature) so make sure your flour, eggs and/or water are all at an ambient temp before mixing.

The slightly chalky yolk crumbles into the sauce, and the cooked white is stained red for a few millimeters. They are a creamy, protein-filled addition to the meal. It adds a surprising richness.

Fresh egg pasta is well known in the Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna regions of northern Italy. In this area, dough is only made out of egg yolk and flour resulting in a very refined flavor and texture.

Does egg pasta taste different? ›

Egg noodles are generally richer, denser, and more pliable than their water-based siblings, with a subtle but distinct savoriness that helps them stand out in heavier sauces. If you want proof, you only need two eggs to make Simeon's recipe, which is 2,046 less than you need to film a TikTok.

Spaghetti, penne, conchiglie, farfalle, fusilli are usually eggless (I do not remember ever seeing spaghetti with eggs, they would have to be much thicker). Flat pasta like tagliatelle, fettuccine, pappardelle, tagliolini are usually with eggs.

Add a little of the pasta cooking water when you bring the spaghetti into the pan with the pancetta/bacon. The water is starchy, so acts as a natural thickener, making the dish extra silky. It's also taking some of that sting out of the pan heat so you can add the eggs and cheese without scrambling.

The semolina flour adds a bit more structure to the dough, which is helpful for shapes like garganelli or farfalle where you want the pasta to “stand up.” You could replace the semolina flour with equal parts 00 flour for a more tender and soft dough, which could be good for something like tagliatelle.

The more gluten present, the firmer the bread. Cake flour is low-protein, and gives you a softer texture and a lower-gluten end result. Bread flour is high-protein, and gives you a firmer texture and a higher-gluten end result.

Semolina vs All Purpose Flour

In addition to its golden hue, semolina flour has a nutty flavor and more protein than all-purpose flour. Its gluten protein content creates an elastic dough, perfect for kneading and stretching for pasta. In contrast, neutrality defines all-purpose flour.

To make pasta properly the flour must have at least 12 percent protein content to guarantee true al dente. We can mix in semolina to give the pasta dough the proper content, with the only really noticeable difference being the ash content.