This beats store bought pasta hands-down if you have the time to make it.
Equipment
Ktchenaid standmixer
pasta attachment for kichenaid
Ingredients
2cupsAll-purpose flourspooned & leveled
3Large eggs
½teaspoonKosher salt
½TablespoonAvocado oil
Instructions
Place the flour on a clean work surface and make a well in the center. Add the eggs, avocado oil, and salt to the center and use a fork to gently break up the eggs, keeping the flour walls intact as best as you can. If it breaks just keep going. Then use your hands to gently bring the flour inward to incorporate. If need to, you can use a bench scraper. Keep working the dough with your hands to bring it together into a shaggy ball.
Knead the dough for 8 minutes. At first, the dough will feel pretty dry, but it will get better with time. If it needs more kneading time go to 10 minutes. It should become cohesive and smooth. If the dough still seems too dry, add a sprinkle of water and incorporate. If it’s too sticky, dust with more flour.
Shape the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. (make sure it had 30 minutes it can go longer if needed)
Dust 1 large baking sheet with flour and set aside.
Slice the dough into four equal pieces.
Gently flatten one into an oval disk. Run the dough through the Pasta Roller attachment or a pasta maker three times on level 1 (which is the widest setting).
Set the dough piece onto a countertop or work surface. Fold both short ends in to meet in the center, then fold the dough in half to form a rectangle.
Then repeat, run the dough through the pasta roller three times on level 2, three times on level 3, and only one time each on levels 4, 5, and 6.
Lay half of the pasta sheet onto the floured baking sheet and sprinkle with flour before folding the other half on top. Sprinkle more flour on top of the second half. Every side should be floured so that your final pasta noodles won't stick together.
Repeat with the remaining dough.
Run the pasta sheets through the Pasta Cutter Attachment (we liked the fettuccine cutter you can also use the spaghetti). Repeat with the rest of the dough.
Cook the pasta in a pot of salted boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes. Or until the noodles float to the top, then it is ready eat with your favorite sauce!
Notes
Of course, this was fantastic, way better than store-bought but much more time-consuming. From start to finish including cooking the noodles it took 3 hours to do. I would recommend doing this at night so it's easier and ready to go for the next day.
The noodles can live in the refrigerator for about 3 days and freeze for 1 month.
We use the Kitchenaid metal Pasta attachment it made rolling the noodles so much easier.