Sprouted Whole Wheat Pasta

Recipe Description:

My girls LOVE pasta and they love to help me make it. This simple recipe uses only flour and water to have great tasting healthy pasta. Double or triple the batch and store some in your freezer for later.

Prep Time: 45 Minutes

Cook Time: 2 Minutes

Servings: 2-3

Difficulty: Moderate

Recipe Ingredients:

2 cups Sprouted Whole Wheat Flour

about 1/2 cup Water

extra water in spray bottle.

Salt and Oil for cooking

Recipe Instructions:

Pour your flour in a bowl and then slowly add your water. Start with 1/4 cup and mix that in well. Add water little by little until your dough just comes together. Kneed it a few time to make sure that all the flour is damp. Now spray the ball with a little water and let it rest for about 10 minutes.

Once it's rested, time to kneed it. If you have a pasta maker now it the time to pull it out. Run it through the maker on the widest setting. If the dough goes through easily and does not break apart when going through it is wet enough. If not just take the spray bottle and spray the dough with a little water and run it through again. If you don't have a pasta maker just kneed the dough with your hands for about 5 minutes to make sure it is wet enough. You should be able to kneed it without it breaking on you and it should have some stretch to it. If not, spray a little more water until it is the right consistency.

Now it's time to get to rolling. If you have a pasta maker this is pretty easy, just keep passing the dough through the pasta maker making the rollers smaller as you go until it gets to your desired thickness. If you don't have a pasta maker pull out your rolling pin and start rolling. I like to do it on a well floured flour sack towel. That way you don't have to worry about it sticking to the table. Once rolled out cut into the desired pasta thickness. I suggest not going with spaghetti or anything really small as the noodles have a tendency to clump if too small.

Once the pasta is rolled out it is time for it to dry. Let it sit preferably on a cooling rack or something that will let air circulate around them. This will take about 20 minutes depending on how humid it is, but you can always let them sit longer, the dryer they are the better.If making lasagna you can just make your lasagna now, no need to cook first or wait for them to dry.

After they are dry put on a big pot of water to boil. You will want at least a gallon of water to help it from boiling over. Add a lot of salt to the water (at least 3 heavy pinches) and turn to high. You may also want to add some oil to the water. I find the oil helps keep the pasta from sticking together when it is all cooked. Now you need to have everything ready to go, from here things go pretty fast, and if they are not ready your pasta has a good chance of sticking and being over done. Have a colander in the sink ready to drain along with more oil or butter sitting by. Once the water boils put the pasta in, it shouldn't take very long to cook. Most of the time by the time get all the pasta in the pot I then give it a good stir and then take it off the heat and strain. Once you strain it pour a good couple tablespoons (or more) of oil over the pasta and toss to coat to help prevent sticking.

There you have it. Now just serve it up with your favorite pasta sauce, or if you are like my girls, just eat it plain, and keep eating until there is no more.

Author: helay8403

I'm a stay at home mom doing my best to feed my family real food on a budget. View all posts by helay8403

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