How to Make Your Own Gluten-Free Rice Pasta

Make Gluten-Free Pasta

If you suffer from celiac disease or you have a gluten allergy or sensitivity, you are probably unable to eat regular pasta. If you keep this recipe handy, however, you can take your own fresh gluten-free pasta with you to dinners where pasta is served.

Things You'll Need

• 1/4 cup tapioca flour
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/3 cup bean flour
• 1/4 cup sweet rice flour
• 1 tablespoon potato starch
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon xanthan gum
• 3 eggs
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• whisk
• rolling pin
• plastic wrap
• pizza cutter or pasta machine

Instructions

1. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl, and place wet ingredients in a medium bowl. Whisk the wet ingredients thoroughly.

2. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Knead with your hands until thoroughly mixed.

3. Form the dough into a ball and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. Place the ball of dough in the refrigerator.

4. Flour a hard surface--a tabletop or marble counter--with sweet rice flour. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough very thin so that it is nearly translucent.

5. Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into small, long pieces. The pieces don't have to be perfect. If you have one, you can roll the dough through a pasta machine instead of cutting by hand.

6. Store the cut dough, covered, at room temperature (the microwave is a good place) until you are ready to cook it. Boil for two to three minutes.

Tips & Warnings

• You can freeze the gluten-free pasta if you are not going to eat it right away. The thinner the pasta, the more easily it will cook.

• Cook items in a kitchen that is free of gluten.

References

• RecipeZaar.com: Fresh Gluten-Free Pasta

Resources

• GlutenFreeGoddess.Blogspot.com: Gluten-Free Goddess