7.18.2013

Basil Pasta dough

- 4 eggs
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 4 cups 00 flour
1. Using a blender , blend the eggs with the basil;
2. Mound 4 cups of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board;
3. Make a well in the middle of the flour and add the egg and basil mixture;
4. Using a fork, beat together the eggs, and begin to incorporate the flour, starting with the inner rim of the well;
5. As you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up from the base of the mound to retain the well shape (the dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated);
6. Start kneading the dough, more you knead, better it gets. Add more flour is the dough sticks on your hands;
7. Once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up and discard any leftover bits;