Poor Man’s Two Egg Pasta

This pasta dough is adapted from Lidia Bastianich—the matriarch of Italian cooking instructors. We love this recipe because it’s easy to commit to memory and makes a very forgiving dough. We adapted it to come together in a food processor.

Poor man’s pasta

Ingredients for the pasta:

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 Whole Eggs

1/4 tsp Maldon Salt

1/4 cup Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil

3 Tbl water

Directions for the pasta:

In food processor, pulse together the flour, eggs and salt until combined. As the machine runs drizzle in the Basil Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Continue to let the machine run and drizzle in the water until a ball of dough forms. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Cut or roll dough into desired shape.

Rolling Notes: Flatten out pasta dough with your hands and roll through a standard pasta machine once on size 0. Then roll once on size 2. Then roll once on size 4. Finally, roll once on size 6. Be sure to flour after each pass through roller.