Egg Noodles
Homemade pasta is very inexpensive and egg noodles are probably the easiest, most forgiving 1st time pasta recipe a beginner can make! They can be easily altered with various spices and seasoning blends to make any meal tasty on a very meager budget. Here's how to make them without a pasta roller. . . Before we begin, I wanted to make a note about the ingredients. This recipe calls for all purpose flour, mainly because it's cheaper than almost any other type of flour, it's readily available to nearly everyone (everywhere!), and its easy to work with. Of course you could use Semolina Flour or Whole wheat flour (add an extra TBS of milk) but if you just want basic, delicious buttery egg noodles, all purpose flour will work just fine. This recipe also calls for milk- you can use powdered/instant dry milk in place of the milk if you'd prefer. Either reconstitute it first or mix the dry milk in with the flour. I recommend reconstituting it first, it will blend better.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup milk (or 2 Tbs Instant Dry Milk + 1/2 c. Water)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 pinch salt
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Allow to air dry before cooking. To cook fresh pasta, in a large pot with boiling salted water cook until al dente.
- Alternatively you can use a Pasta Roller for this next step. Lightly flour a hard surface (counter-top, large smooth cutting board, pastry board, etc) and roll the pasta out to 1/8th - 1/4" thickness. Using a pizza cutter, cut into long, thin strips to form noodles.
- This is a great time to get your water boiling, don't forget to add a pinch of salt to the water.
- and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Combine the flour and salt in the bowl, make a well in the center and add the beaten eggs, milk and butter (melted or not, it doesn't matter). Mix the dough until it forms a ball and knead it gently until smooth, about 5 minutes. Cover it with plastic wrap
- I prefer to make pasta on a wooden cutting board, but this particular recipe starts out messy if you use that method, so for the sake of easy cleanup, we're using a medium size bowl instead.