Crispy Semolina Noodles Recipes

HOMEMADE SEMOLINA PASTA

Steps:

• Beat the eggs in a medium size bowl with a fork.
• Mix in the salt.
• Add the pasta flour a little at a time, mixing well.
• Knead the dough 5 minutes.
• Wrap in wax paper and let it rest for 12 minutes.
• Then pass through your dough through a pasta machine or gently roll dough out as thin as you can on a floured surface with a rolling pin.
• Cut into size of noodles required.
• If making Ravioli brush edges with egg white to seal.
• Amount given for ravioli.

BASIC SEMOLINA PASTA

Steps:

• Put the flour on a well-cleaned kitchen counter and form it into the shape of a nest.
• In the well in the center of the flour, add the lightly beaten eggs and the salt.
• Start blending the mixture together with a fork, slowly adding the flour from the outer edges of the nest into the center until all of it is well incorporated.
• After the flour-egg mixture is completely incorporated, cover the counter and your hands with a sprinkling of flour. Knead the dough for approximately 15 minutes until it is about the consistency of modeling clay.
• Form the dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap and chill for around 30 minutes in the refrigerator.
• After chilling, plop the dough onto a clean surface dusted with semolina flour (again, to prevent sticking) and divide it into two even pieces.
• Sprinkle more flour on your counter and on a rolling pin. Flatten the dough ball with the rolling pin (or with a pasta maker if you have one available).
• Roll the dough with the pin unit it becomes translucent. Add dust to the countertop, your hands, and the pin as required. This is a quite lengthy process requiring up to 20 minutes.
• Set aside, and do the same with the other half. Then let the dough rest for another 10 minutes.
• Slice the pasta into thin strips or into shapes suitable for ravioli or other types of noodles.
• Dust the finished noodles with flour and hang them unit they are semi-dry. Once they are partially dry, you can freeze them or store them for up to four days in the refrigerator.

CRISPY SEMOLINA NOODLES

Steps:

• Whisk egg, milk, salt, and sugar together in a bowl. Add semolina flour and whisk until combined.
• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a griddle or pan over medium heat. Drop ladlefuls of batter in batches into the hot pan and fry until set and golden, 2 to 4 minutes, flipping halfway. Remove from the pan and let cool enough to handle, about 5 minutes.
• Roll up pancakes and thinly slice into "noodles."
• Heat remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil in the same pan over medium heat. Add pepper flakes and "noodles." Pan-fry until almost crisp, 2 to 4 minutes.

SUNNY'S EASY CINNAMON SUGAR CRISPY NOODLES

Steps:

• In a large pot or wok over medium-high heat, add about 1 inch oil. Heat until it swirls and reaches 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with paper towels.
• Separate and break the noodles into 4- to 6-inch sections. Test the oil with a few strands; they should almost instantly get puffy. When the oil is ready, add the noodles in batches and cook until puffy, then remove to the paper towels. Season with a pinch of salt and a dusting of cinnamon sugar over the top.

FRESH SEMOLINA FETTUCINE

Steps:

• Make dough:
• Stir together semolina and water in a large bowl until a slightly crumbly dough forms, then knead on a work surface (not floured) until smooth and elastic, 7 to 9 minutes (dough will start out dry; do not add water). Dust bottom of bowl with semolina, place dough on top, and let rest, covered with plastic wrap, 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough:
• Divide dough into 8 pieces, then flatten each piece into a rough rectangle and cover with plastic wrap. Set rollers of pasta machine on widest setting. Lightly dust rollers with all-purpose flour and feed 1 piece of dough through rollers. (Keep remaining dough covered.) Fold rectangle into thirds and feed it, open end first, through rollers 4 or 5 times, folding in thirds each time and feeding open end through. Lightly dust rollers and your hands with flour if necessary to prevent sticking.
• Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and feed dough through rollers twice at same setting without folding. Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and repeat. Dough should now be about 1/16 inch thick (about 14 inches long and 3 1/2 inches wide). Lay on a semolina-dusted baking sheet. Dust pasta with semolina. Roll out remaining dough in same manner (do not stack pasta sheets).
• Cut pasta:
• Attach fettuccine blades (to cut 1/4-inch-wide strips) to pasta machine. Feed one end of driest pasta sheet (the first one you rolled out) into cutters, holding other end straight up, then catch strips from underneath machine before sheet goes completely through rollers and gently lay across a semolina-dusted baking sheet. Cut remaining pasta sheets in same manner. Let cut pasta dry slightly, at least 5 minutes, before cooking.

ALKALINE SEMOLINA NOODLES

Steps:

• Place the baking soda on a piece of foil and bake in a 250-degree toaster oven for 1 hour.
• Put the flour in a food processor. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of the baked baking soda, taking care to avoid touching it, in 6 1/2 tablespoons water. (Keep the rest tightly covered for another use.) Start the processor and slowly pour in the water-baking soda mixture. Process for about a minute until evenly mixed but still mostly granular. Remove the dough and press it together into a mass, then knead for a minute or two. If it does not come together, knead in a little more water, a teaspoon at a time. Wrap and let rest for an hour at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator.
• Divide the dough into two pieces. Roll one piece out until slightly thicker than the widest roller setting on a pasta machine, about 3/8 inch. Pass the strip of dough through the pasta machine at its widest setting, then repeat at successively narrower settings until the dough is about 1/16- inch thick. Fit the narrow cutters onto the pasta machine and cut the dough into noodles. Repeat with the second piece of dough.
• Bring a pot of unsalted water to a boil. Cook the noodles until al dente, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a colander, rinse briefly with cold water, and drain. To highlight the eggy flavor of the noodles, toss with salt, vegetable oil, scallions and chili flakes to taste. For a more full-flavored dish, toss instead with sesame oil, soy sauce and chili-garlic paste, or your favorite condiments.