{"title":"How to Make Fresh Pasta from Scratch","canonicalUrl":"https://www.showmestepbystep.com/cooking/how-to-make-fresh-pasta-from-scratch","category":{"slug":"cooking","name":"Cooking"},"creator":{"name":"Epicurious","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcjhYlL1WRBjKaJsMH_h7Lg","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnXb1u9UoBU"},"tldr":"Make fresh egg pasta at home in 6 steps. Learn the flour well technique, kneading for gluten, resting, rolling, cutting, and cooking - ready in ~90 min.","totalDurationSeconds":854,"difficulty":"medium","tools":[],"materials":[],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Make the Flour Well and Add Eggs","text":"Mound two cups of 00 flour (or all-purpose) on your work surface and push a large well in the center. Crack two eggs into the well with a pinch of salt. Scramble the eggs with a fork, then start pulling flour in from the edges a little at a time.One egg per person, one cup of flour per egg. Keep incorporating flour until the dough comes together into a shaggy ball. It does not need to be smooth yet."},{"number":2,"title":"Knead Until Elastic","text":"Push the dough away from you with your body weight, fold it in half, give it a quarter turn, and repeat. Keep going for about 8-10 minutes until the dough is smooth and springs back when you poke it.If it stays flat when pressed, either add more flour or keep kneading. The gluten is what gives fresh pasta its chewy bite. Under-kneaded dough makes limp, mushy pasta."},{"number":3,"title":"Rest the Dough","text":"Wrap the dough in plastic wrap so it does not dry out. Let it sit for 20-30 minutes at room temperature. This lets the gluten relax.If you try to roll it out immediately, the dough will spring back and fight you. After resting, it will hold its shape when rolled flat."},{"number":4,"title":"Roll Through the Pasta Machine","text":"Cut off about a third of the dough and keep the rest covered. Flatten it slightly and dust with flour. Start at the thickest setting (usually 1) and feed it through the rollers. Fold it in half, dust again, and run it through on 1 one more time.Then go up one number at a time - 2, 3, 4, and so on - making the sheet thinner each pass. For pappardelle, stop around setting 7. Use the backs of your hands to guide the sheet as it gets long so your fingers do not poke through."},{"number":5,"title":"Cut the Pasta","text":"Dust the pasta sheet generously with flour on both sides so it does not stick to itself. Roll it up loosely and cut across into strips with a sharp knife. For pappardelle, cut about an inch wide. For fettuccine, cut thinner.Unroll the strips and lay them flat on a floured tray. Try not to stack them or they will stick together. You can also toss them into loose nests dusted with flour."},{"number":6,"title":"Cook the Fresh Pasta","text":"Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a rolling boil. Drop the pasta in and stir immediately so it does not stick. Fresh pasta cooks much faster than dried - about 2-3 minutes for thin noodles.Taste a piece. It should be cooked through with a slight chew, not doughy or gummy. Pull it out with tongs or a spider and drop it directly into your hot sauce. Add a splash of pasta water to loosen the sauce and finish cooking in the pan."}],"recipe":{"servings":"2 servings (1 egg per person)","prepMinutes":40,"cookMinutes":3,"cuisine":"Italian","ingredients":[{"name":"00 flour","notes":"all-purpose flour also works","amount":"2 cups"},{"name":"large eggs","amount":"2"},{"name":"salt","amount":"pinch"},{"name":"extra flour","amount":"for dusting and the work surface"}]},"lastUpdated":"2026-05-20T13:30:10.827Z","published":"2026-04-16T15:56:50.140Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}