how do you make a dough for pasta?

Answer 1

140g/5oz plain flour or Italian '00' flour
2 medium eggs, 1 whole and 1 yolk

Method
1. Place the flour in a food processor and pulse it. Add the whole egg and egg yolk and keep whizzing until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs (it shouldn't be dusty, nor should it be a big, gooey ball). This takes 2-3 minutes.
2. Tip out the dough and knead to form into a ball shape. Knead it briskly for 1 minute, it should be quite stiff and hard to knead. Wrap in cling film and leave to rest in a cool place for 1 hour before using.
3. Now cut the dough into 2 pieces. For each piece, flatten with a rolling pin to about 5mm/¼ in) thickness. Fold over the dough and pass it through the pasta machine at its widest setting, refolding and rolling 7 times (not changing the setting) until you have a rectangular shape 7.5x18cm/3x7 in. It is important to work the dough until it is nice and shiny, as this gives it the "al dente" texture. Repeat with the second piece of dough.
4. Now you are ready to roll out. Start with the pasta machine at its widest setting, pass the dough through the rollers. Do not fold but repeat this process, decreasing the roller setting down grade by grade with each pass. For most uses, I take the pasta down to the penultimate setting - especially for ravioli, as you are sandwiching two layers together when it is folded. Use straight away to make the ravioli.

Helpful hints:
- Always cover sitting dough with cling film or a damp tea towel to prevent it drying out.
- Do not add oil to the cooking water. It is a fallacy that it prevents sticking and is therefore a complete waste of oil.
- Do not dredge the pasta in flour to prevent sticking, as the flour turns to glue when cooked and, ironically, causes the pasta to stick together (using semolina flour from Italian delis instead will help).

Answer 2

3 cups all purpose flour or half whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. water
4 tsp. oil
Mix all together and add more water if needed to make a stiff dough.
Roll as thin as possible and cut into strips.
Can be used immediately or toss with a little more flour and allow to dry. Keep in a tightly closed container or freeze for later usage.

Answer 3

The secret to getting the perfect pasta is to make sure you knead every bubble of air out of it. If you don't it'ss plump up. Knead for a long time, cut ball down center, if you see holes, keep kneading!

Answer 4

SIXTY HOURS shifts, overtime on sunday, this is the best way to make dough LF

Answer 5

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/
This is an awesome site with thousands of recipies.
It might come handy for future reference.
Good luck