Laura Williams lives locally and blogs about picky eaters. Are you one? Maybe you have a child that’s a picky eater? Laura’s recipe, below, might help!
You don’t need a machine to make your own pasta; it’s actually incredibly easy and fun to make by hand with your Picky Pickers! It takes a while, and is quite a workout, so I tend to save it for weekends. Make sure you use 00 flour for this recipe, it’s extra fine and produces perfect pasta!
Serves 4 Picky Pickers or 2 grown-ups
Ingredients:
- 200g type 00 flour
- 2 eggs
- a pinch of salt
Method:
- Put the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and make a hole in the middle.
- Add the eggs into the hole and beat the eggs with a fork.
- Use your fingers to mix the eggs with the flour little by little until combined.
- Knead the dough on a board until it’s formed a really smooth lump. This will take a while, and your arms will definitely ache!
- Wrap the dough in clingfilm and pop in the fridge for at least half an hour.
- To roll out, dust a rolling pin and a board with more 00 flour. Roll out the dough, one small lump at a time, until it’s really thin. Fresh pasta dries out really quickly so it’s a good idea to cover the dough you’re not working on with a damp tea towel.
- Cut the rolled out dough into narrow strips and dust with flour. I cut widthways so the strips are not too long, and make them about 2-3 mm wide.
- To cook, put the strips in boiling water with a little salt and cook for just a few minutes until al dente.
- Serve with tomato sauce and maybe some meatballs, for recipes see http://pickypickers.wordpress.com/
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