Pasta Sfoglia all’Uovo

Sheets of Egg Pasta for Noodles

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Fred Plotkin

Published 1997

  • About

Here is the basic recipe for egg pasta, an essential in Italian cooking. I have adapted this recipe from the one that appears in my book The Authentic Pasta Book (1985). You may use this sfoglia to make lasagne, corzetti, ravioli, tagliatelle, and the thinner tagliarini, or just about any egg noodle.

Method

To make good sfoglia, you need a spacious work surface, a rolling pin (preferably a simple wood cylinder without handles about 22 inches/56 cm long), a good knife, and a pasta-cutting wheel. Many pe