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An easy recipe on how to make homemade pasta from scratch.

When my husband and kids purchased a Kitchenaid Stand Mixer for me for Christmas one year, I knew I was going to want all of the attachments that come along with it. For years, I have wanted to make homemade pasta, and so just a few short months ago, I purchased the pasta roller attachment and set out to learn how to make homemade pasta. I never in a million years realized how simple it is — so I decided to share with you my step-by-step tips.

You start with just a couple of simple ingredients — eggs and flour — which should be right in your pantry! Then add in a little salt and water and you will have delicious pasta.

How to Make Homemade Pasta

If you want to make a small batch of pasta for say — one or two people, simply use about two eggs per cup of flour and you should have enough for a small dinner.

Now, make a well in the center of your flour and crack in your eggs.  If you would rather do it right on the cutting board instead f in a bowl you can, but I like using my pyrex clear mixing bowls. They make great photo props for my pictures.

Slowly mix together with your hands or a big spoon. Turn it out onto a floured surface and knead by hand for just a bit, until the dough becomes smooth and pliable. If you need to add more dough to the board or your work surface, it is totally okay.

Let your lump of dough rest for a bit — about 20 minutes.

When you come back, cut your dough into fourths –small enough to work through the pasta attachment on your mixer.

Time to Roll Your Dough

Set up your mixer with the flat pasta roller. It is the one that has no teeth and has a dial on it. You will start with the roller attachment set to #1. From there you will make your dough piece just wide enough to fit through the rollers. Then begin the process of rolling it out.

If the dough comes through torn or holey, simply fold it together again and run it back through. I have to run it through about 5 or 6 times before I get it like I want it.

Once you get it to the point that it is coming through without ripping or tearing, increase the number on your roller attachment to #2.

Run it through and then move on down to #3 doing the same thing. Repeat this process until you get to #4. Once you get here, turn off the mixer and flour your surface so that you can lay out your sheets of pasta (and yes — at this point, they are long sheets). Be sure to cut them down to the size of noodles you want. If not, you are going to have really long noodles.

At this point, remove the roller attachment and choose which of the pasta cutter attachments you want to use. In this 3 piece set I got, I have the option to choose spaghetti or fettucini, so for this particular post, I made fettucini noodles.

Once you get it secure, take each of your pasta sheets and start running them through the cutter. Just set your plate on the counter underneath your stand mixer and it will catch all the noodles as they come off.

Cooking Your Dough

You can buy a drying rack like this one I found on Amazon and allow your noodles to dry so you can store them, or you can do it like me and cook them right up to enjoy with my famous Homemade Chicken Fettucini Alfredo recipe.

Now that you have a step-by-step process on how to make homemade pasta, are you ready for the adventure?

Have you ever made homemade pasta? What did you do to make yours?

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