Homemade Fresh Pasta With Kitchenaid Pasta Roller and Cutter Attachment

Homemade pasta is one of the most satisfying meals to cook. Join Eric from Simply Elegant Home Cooking as he demonstrates how to use the Kitchenaid Pasta Roller and Cutter attachment for the Kitchenaid mixer! Eric will first walk you through the process for making pasta dough. It is very important to use only the highest quality ingredients, as you want the pasta noodles to be the star of the dish! Eric recommends using a combination of 00 flour as well as semolina flour, along with eggs, salt, olive oil, and water.

When making the dough, be sure to kneed it until it reaches a consistency that is neither dry nor sticky. It should feel almost like Play-Doh and should bounce back if you press it with your finger. Also, it is very important to let the pasta dough rest for a minimum of 30 minutes before rolling and cutting into fresh pasta noodles. Eric recommends waiting a full hour.

Cooking fresh pasta is a little different than boxed pasta because it cooks very fast! The fettuccine noodles prepared in this video only cooked for 90 seconds before being married with the pasta sauce. Finally, the best pairing for the homemade pasta noodles is with a very simple sauce. You do not need a lot of heavy and bold flavored ingredients in the pasta sauce as you want the flavor of the noodles to shine through.

This video is not a paid promotion for the Kitchenaid Pasta Maker, although Eric felt that this was a quality product or it would not have been featured on Simply Elegant Home Cooking. The product is stainless steel and made in Italy. Other options for making homemade pasta include hand crank rollers and cutters or even simply a rolling pin and a knife.

Pasta Dough:
-2 1/2 cup 00 flour
-1 cup semolina flour
-1 teaspoon Italin extra virgin olive oil
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-4 1/2 tablespoons water (might vary depending on humidity)