Delicious homemade herb pasta that is incredibly simple and very EASY to make!
Ingredients
4 eggs + 1 egg yolk
3½ cups AP flour + more for dusting
2 tsp salt
2-3 tbsp water
½ cup finely chopped fresh basil
½ cup finely chopped fresh sage
Instructions
Begin by making a well with your flour for the eggs to go in
Next crack your eggs into the well and begin to gradually whisk in the flour, salt and 1 tbsp water until a shaggy mess is formed.
Make sure your surface is well floured and then begin to knead in a ¼ cup of your herbs at a time.
Knead for about 8 minutes. Adding water 1 tbsp at a time if needed. Dough is going to be tough at first, but that's okay! Keep going!!! You'll be able to feel out the texture and see if it's way too sticky to sprinkle a little more flour, or if it seems far too dry, add a little bit more water.
Once your dough is kneaded, form a nice round ball and wrap with plastic wrap and let sit for 30 minutes.
Next divide the ball into 4 pieces.
On a floured surface roll each piece out until they're flat (The pasta roller will dough all the work)
Add your lasagna pasta attachment to create your sheets of pasta (this will set you up so you can make the noods).
Pasta attachments will have levels of thickness on them. Start at the largest (1) and then work your way up to whatever desired thickness you'll want for your noodles. I go up to level 6. Making sure to flour your sheets with each level.
Next add your pasta cutter attachment. If you do not own one you may cut by hand. Add your well floured sheets through the pasta cutter, making sure to flour the noodles after so they do not stick together.
Here you can either hang your pasta to dry OR I prefer a birds nest. Just once again make sure your noodles are well floured.
You may leave out to dry OR eat fresh (ideal).
Boil water with salt and add whatever sauce you'd like. I did a simple olive oil, grated parm, salt & red pepper flake sauce.
That's it!
Recipe by My Lavender Blues at https://mylavenderblues.com/basil-sage-herb-pasta-dough/