Buttered Homemade Noodles
How to make Buttered Homemade Noodles Recipe4 SERVINGS
Ingredients:
4 Eggs (large)
1 teaspoon Salt
31/2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 cup Water, cold
4 tablespoons Unsalted butter
2 tablespoons Parsley, chopped
to taste Salt and black pepper
Method:
Beat the eggs and salt together.
Place the flour in a bowl; make a well in the center.
Combine the eggs with half the water and place in center well.
Gradually mix in the surrounding flour with a wooden spoon or spatula. Beat to make a stiff dough.
Turn out onto a floured work surface and knead vigorously with the heel of the hand, adding droplets of water to unblended bits. Dough should just form a mass the pasta machine will do the rest.
Cut the dough in half and cover one piece with plastic.
For the other piece, flatten into a cake the size of your palm. Pinch one edge so it will fit into the pasta machine.
Set the smooth rollers to their widest opening. Crank the dough through, fold dough in half end to end, and crank through several more times until dough is smooth and a fairly even rectangle; as necessary, brush the dough with flour before passing it through rollers, since it will stick to the machine if it is too damp.
When the dough is smooth, reset the rollers to the next lower setting and crank it through, then to the next lower, and the next. By this time, the dough will be long; you may want to cut it in half.
Continue rolling until it achieves the correct thickness for noodles (1/8 inch or .3 cm).
Hang each strip as it is finished to dry briefly (but not to stiffen) 4 to 5 minutes.
Repeat the process with the remaining dough.
For each strip of dough, dust the top with a little flour and roll it up like a jelly roll. Slice the dough crosswise into noodles 1/4 inch (.6 cm) thick.
Cook the noodles in boiling salted water for approximately 2 to 3 minutes or until tender. Drain thoroughly.
Heat the butter over medium heat.
Add the noodles and toss to coat with melted butter and heated thoroughly.
Add the parsley, salt, and pepper and toss to incorporate.