Fettuccine Noodles

I am a big believer in making everything you can at home. I have already told you how to make pasta, but I did a slightly different recipe today.

A few weeks ago when I was making pasta, the plate that you put the attachments on for my KitchenAid, fell off! Crazy! I know, right! I was so upset because I use that thing for everything, including pasta. My husband took it apart that night, but never put it back together. This is why I needed a different pasta recipe than I am used to. (Well, and I wanted to make fettuccine noodles, and they are different anyways.)

So, here it is. The best thing, even though I dislike rolling out pasta dough, it really wasn't that hard.

Fettuccine Noodles

1 2/3 c. flour
3 eggs

Put the flour in a bowl, and make a well in the middle. In a different bowl, beat the eggs. Pour them into the well and slowly start to mix with a fork. When it becomes to hard to mix with the fork, dump it out onto a clean, floured surface. Kneed the dough until it is moist, but manageable. If it is sticky still add a little bit more flour.

When ready, flatten out the dough with your hand. Roll it out with a large rolling pin, push it out, instead of down. Turn the dough and keep pushing it out. You want it to be pretty thin, less than 1/16 of an inch thick. It is almost see-through. Once you are happy with the thickness, cut it into 1/8 of an inch thick slices. I normally use a pizza cutter, but a knife is great too!

I like to normally cook my pasta right away, instead of letting it dry first. This pasta takes only minutes, about 4 minutes.

Enjoy!