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Homemade Pasta Dough

The perfect dough for every kind of pasta.
Course Main Course

Equipment

  • Pasta Roller
  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all purpose flour plus more as needed
  • Pinch of fine sea salt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Place flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade and pulse to combine.
  • With the machine running, add eggs one at a time and blend after each addition. Add olive oil and process until dough looks like a coarse meal that comes together when pressed into a ball, about 10 seconds. Do not over-process. If the dough seems excessively sticky, add a little more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, processing just until incorporated.
  • Lightly dust work surface and hands with flour. Turn dough out of food processor and knead until elastic and smooth, and no longer sticky, 5 to 10 minutes.
  • Shape dough into a disk and cover with plastic wrap or an overturned bowl. Let rest for at least 30 minutes at room temperature (or up to 1 day in refrigerator) before rolling. If the dough has been refrigerated, let stand at room temperature for about an hour before rolling and shaping.
  • Cut the dough into 6 to 8 pieces. Flatten it into small rectangles to fit through a pasta machine.
  • Keeping the dough lightly floured, roll the pieces through a pasta machine set at its widest opening. Keep rolling pasta through machine as progressively narrower settings, forming strips.
  • Lay pasta strips on a lightly floured surface and keep covered with towels. One at a time, fold strips into a flat roll and slice crosswise into ribbons. Unfurl ribbons and transfer to a floured baking sheet. Slice lengthwise into long ribbons, about 1 1/2 inches wide, using a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
  • Cook pasta in boiling salted water for 2 to 4 minutes, until al dente. Drain and serve immediately.