Home-Made Egg Pasta

• 2-4 eggs, depending on amount of pasta required (as specified in the recipes in this book)
• 3½ oz (100 g) pla

Making pasta at home is easy and fun using a small, hand-cranking pasta machine. You will need a large work surface on which to spread the pasta out, so that it can dry between rollings.

Mix the eggs, flour and salt in a bowl, using a fork, and then with your hands until it just forms a mass. The dough should not be too moist-if it is, add a little more flour. Take a lump of dough the s