Ingredients for Using an Electric Pasta Maker

Series Summary

In this free diy pasta noodles series, our baking and catering expert Jennifer Cail will demonstrate how to make different shapes of pasta using an electric pasta maker. She begins the series with a quick lesson on how to make pasta dough from scratch using the basic ingredients of milk and eggs. Then she introduces you to the electric, or automatic, pasta maker. You will learn the parts of the pasta maker, as well as the basics of extruding dough to make all sorts of interesting pasta shapes, from twists to tunnels. Our expert will also show you how to dry and cook the pasta for your Italian food feast. Jennifer also suggests sauce options for your pasta. In conclusion, she demonstrates how to break down and clean your pasta maker.

Video Transcript

"For the first step in how to make pasta, I'm going to go over the ingredients and equipment that you'll be using. First, the ingredients. You'll flour and eggs. That's right. That's all that you'll be needing for your pasta. For one pound of pasta, you need about a pound of flour, which if you don't have a kitchen scale, it's equal to approximately 4 cups of flour. Then you'll also need 4 eggs. That's it. Of course, a bowl and a fork to mix it with. You can also have a spatula for scraping the bowl down. For the pasta maker, of course, you'll just need whatever equipment happens to come with your pasta maker. Mine has several different types of dyes that we'll be using. The dyes are what form the pasta shape. I'll be going over several of those with you later. For making the pasta, pasta maker and all the things that come with it. Make sure to read your instructions so that you know that you have everything that you need before you start. Last by not least, you'll also need a sharp knife. This will be for cutting the pasta as it's being extruded from the machine."