Egg noodles. C’mon, how hard can it be to make a noodle?
I’ve made a bunch of noodles in my time with varying degrees of success. A while ago I hit on this recipe[1]. It makes the most tender and flavorful noodles I’ve ever had.
Makes enough noodles to serve as a main course to 4 people[4]
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups flour[2]
pinch of salt
two eggs[3]
1/2 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter.
Procedure
Melt and cool the butter
Beat the eggs
Mix everything together except the milk
Add about half the milk and stir
Add the rest of the milk gradually as needed. You want a dough that is soft, but not too sticky
Turn the dough out on a floured surface and knead for a few minutes until smooth.
Cover and let rest for 10 minutes or so
Roll the dough out on a floured surface, dusting with flour as needed to keep it from sticking.
The noodles will about double in thickness when you cook them, so roll them out accordingly.
We have one of these Atlas pasta machines and I roll them out to the ‘4’ setting on it.
Dust with flour as needed, they are very hard to handle if the dough is sticky, and cut into strips of the length and width you want. If you have a pizza cutter they work good for cutting.
Allow them to dry for a couple hours before cooking. They freeze well after drying if you want to make plenty to have on hand when needed.
1. Unfortunately I don’t remember where I found it. It was just a random Google search result.
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