Gordon Ramsay Fresh Pasta Dough Recipes

GORDON RAMSAY FRESH PASTA DOUGH

Steps:

• Put the ingredients in the food processor and mix until you get a cohesive mixture that's soft and just a little sticky - about 45 sec.
• Knead the dough by hand, make a uniform ball and tightly wrap it in a plastic film for 30 to 4 hours.
• Divide the dough into equal portions and feed it through the pasta machine rollers twice (with rollers in their most extended position).
• Seal the dough's tapered ends together by pressing and feeding it again through the rollers, still set in the most extended position (remember to keep the seal at the top).
• Reduce the roller width by one setting and pass the dough through the machine twice. Keep reducing the roller width and passing the dough twice through each setting until you get an almost transparent consistency.

FRESH PASTA

Steps:

• Put the flour in a food processor with ¾ of your egg mixture and a pinch of salt. Blitz to large crumbs - they should come together to form a dough when squeezed (if it feels a little dry gradually add a bit more egg). Tip the dough onto a lightly floured surface, knead for 1 min or until nice and smooth - don't worry if it's quite firm as it will soften when it rests. Cover with cling film and leave to rest for 30 mins.
• Cut away ¼ of the dough (keep the rest covered with cling film) and feed it through the widest setting on your pasta machine. (If you don't have a machine, use a heavy rolling pin to roll the dough as thinly as possible.) Then fold into three, give the dough a quarter turn and feed through the pasta machine again. Repeat this process once more then continue to pass the dough through the machine, progressively narrowing the rollers, one notch at a time, until you have a smooth sheet of pasta. On the narrowest setting, feed the sheet through twice.
• Cut as required to use for filled pastas like tortellini, or cut into lengths to make spaghetti, linguine, tagliatelle, or pappardelle. Then, dust in semolina flour and set aside, or hang until dry (an hour will be enough time.) Store in a sealed container in the fridge and use within a couple of days, or freeze for 1 month.