Pappardelle
A wide, flat egg pasta cut into a broad, straight ribbon shape, pappardelle is a rustic noodle not quite as wide as lasagna.
Ingredients
650 grams (about 5 cups) flour, preferably “00? flour 1 teaspoon salt 27 egg yolks 1 tablespoon olive oilDirections
- Place the flour and salt in a mixer with dough hook attachment.
- On a medium speed, begin mixing and add in the egg yolks and olive oil.
- Allow to mix for about 7 minutes until a smooth dough has formed.
- Remove the dough from the bowl, wrap lightly in plastic and allow to rest for at least 30 minutes before using.
- Cut the dough into 4 pieces and begin to run the first piece through the largest setting on a pasta machine.
- Reduce the size on the pasta machine by two numbers, dust the dough with flour and pass it through the pasta machine again.
- Continue this process, reducing by two numbers and dusting with flour each time, until you reach the second to last number on the pasta machine.
- Remove the pasta sheet from the machine and cut into 3-by-3 inch squares.
- Set the squares aside to dry for about 10 minutes before placing in the freezer or cooking.