Pasta Fresca all’Uovo

Fresh Egg Pasta

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    500 g

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

  • About

This is the basic recipe for hand-made egg pasta.

Ingredients

  • 300 g (10½ oz) 00 (doppio zero) flour, plus more for dusting
  • 3 eggs

Method

Sift the flour on to a work surface (marble is ideal), forming it into a volcano-shaped mound with a well in the centre. Break the eggs into this and add the salt.

With your hands, incorporate the eggs into the flour, gradually drawing the flour into the egg until it forms a coarse paste. Add a little more flour if the mixture seems too soft or sticky. With a spatula, scrape together al