Recipes

If you love pasta as much as we do, why not create restaurant quality pasta at home? Think fettuccine, spaghetti or lasagne, they all start with a simple pasta dough.

Step 1

Place flours and salt on a clean, sturdy work surface and make a large well in the middle with your hands. Whisk the eggs, egg yolk or olive oil together in a medium bowl until combined, then pour the mixture into the well. If you are using a stand mixer please refer to the below.

If using a stand mixer:

Attach the Flat Beater and add ingredients into the mixer bowl. Turn to speed 2 and mix until dough is combined. If you find the dough to be too sticky or too dry, simply add more flour or egg yolk following the steps above. Remove Flat Beater and attach Dough Hook, mix 3-4 minutes on speed 1, or until dough indents when touched. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 2

Using a fork, whisk the eggs, slowly incorporating more and more flour into the eggs by moving your fork along the edges of the well. Once almost all the flour is incorporated, start bringing the dough together with your hands. The dough should be pliable, but not sticky - add more flour if the dough is sticking too much to your hands or the surface. Alternatively, if it is too dry, whisk an extra egg yolk with 1 tablespoon of water and use your hands to sprinkle some of the mixture over the dough, continuing to do so until the dough is easier to knead.

Step 3

Knead the dough for 7-10 minutes, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Step 4

Unwrap the dough and cut into 8 equal pieces so that it is easier to work with. Take 1 piece and wrap the rest in the plastic wrap to avoid them drying out.

Step 5

To roll the pasta dough, take one portion of dough and use the palm of your hands to flatten it into a rectangle. Follow the use instructions of this pasta machine by dusting the rollers with flour and rolling the dough portion through starting at the lowest setting. Dust again with flour and repeat on the same setting.

Step 6

Fold in the shorter sides of the dough to meet in the centre to form a smaller rectangle and feed through the machine again. Repeat this process 5-6 times or until smooth.

Step 7

Once smooth, start to reduce the width between the rollers by 1 and roll the dough through once per setting. Repeat the process, reducing the setting each time until the dough is 1-1.5mm thick or your desired thickness is achieved. Repeat same process with the remaining portions of dough. Sprinkle generously with flour to prevent sticking while doing remaining dough.

Step 8

To make spaghetti, fettuccine or tagliatelle, feed the pasta sheets through the cutting roller attachment to cut the pasta to your desired shape. Toss in a small amount of extra flour to prevent sticking.

Step 9

To cook fresh pasta, gently add it to a large pot of salted boiling water. Spaghetti and fettuccini pasta times vary but will take approximately 3-4 minutes until cooked to al dente.