Egg Pasta of Emilia-Romagna

Making pasta dough by hand is simple. With a little practice, it will become second nature and you will have finished dough in less than 15 minutes. My mother’s paternal grandmother, Nonna Polini, made homemade pasta almost every day, rolling it out so thin it was almost transparent — with a rolling pin that was almost as long as she was tall. There are several regions in Italy where homemade pasta is traditionally made, and each recipe is a little different. My family is f