How to prepare Fresh Homemade Pasta

During our Cooking classes one of the most requested recipes is

PASTA FRESCA all’Uovo (Basic Recipe)

200g Italian flour 00 similar to  all purpose/or plain flour

200 gr. durum wheat flour / semolina

4 eggs

2 tbs.extra vergin olive  oil

1 pinch Salt 

Place the flour on the rolling-board or in a bowl, make a well in the centre and add the  salt. Crack the eggs into it  and beat them lightly with a fork or with your hands and  work the eggs in with the flour until smooth.

 Continue kneading the pasta-dough with your hands until it reaches the right consistency,that is when your pasta starts to feel smooth and silky  . Make it into a ball and leave aside for half an hour. 

Then roll it out on the previously floured board and cut it into the desired shape: tagliatelle, fettuccine, lasagne, ravioli, tortellini. 

To roll out and cut the pasta you can use a pasta machine or only by hand and rolling pin

Tagliatelle 

 Prepare the fresh pasta using the basic recipe. Stretch out the pasta into strips a few centimetres wide. Make it into a roll and then cut it into 2 cm wide strips .