This DIY pasta dough is all about flexibility. Instead of relying on extra egg yolks for richness, it uses olive oil to create a resilient, easy-to-work dough that’s especially well suited to filled pastas like ravioli and agnolotti, while still making beautiful fettuccine, pappardelle, and lasagna sheets.
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What you’ll need
Stand Mixer
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Cloth Bowl Covers
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KitchenAid 3-Piece Pasta Maker Attachments
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Recipe information
Total Time
45 minutes
Yield
Makes about 1 pound
Ingredients
3
2
1
1
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Preparation
Step 1
Mix 3 large eggs, beaten to blend, 2 cups (250 g) all-purpose flour, 1 Tbsp. olive oil, and 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. + ⅛ tsp. Morton kosher salt in the bowl of a stand mixer with your hands until a shaggy dough forms. Knead with dough hook on medium-low speed until dough is smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes. Cover bowl with a cloth bowl cover or kitchen towel and let rest at least 30 minutes.
Step 2
Dust a large rimmed baking sheet with cornmeal or semolina flour. Set pasta machine to widest setting; dust lightly with cornmeal or semolina flour. Divide dough into 4 pieces. Working with 1 piece at a time and keeping remaining dough wrapped in plastic as you work, flatten dough into a narrow rectangle (no wider than mouth of machine); pass through rollers. Fold in ends of dough so they meet in center, then fold dough in half and roll again.
Step 3
Repeat without folding, adjusting machine one setting thinner after every pass and dusting with cornmeal or semolina flour if sticky, catching pasta sheet with your hand instead of letting it crumple on the work surface (cut sheet of dough in half if it gets too long). Continue until pasta sheet is ¹⁄₁₆" thick (setting 8 on most machines). (Alternatively, you can roll out sheets lengthwise with a rolling pin until ¹⁄₁₆" thick.) Transfer dough to prepared baking sheet and roll out remaining dough in the same manner.
Step 4
Cut pasta as desired.
Do Ahead: Dough can be made 1 day ahead; cover tightly with plastic wrap and chill.
Editor’s note: This fresh pasta dough recipe was first printed in September 2016 to accompany Sweet Corn and Ricotta Raviolo, Butternut Squash Agnolotti, and Braised Lamb Shank Ravioli, but it’s easy, texturally resilient, and versatile enough to form into any shape. Head this way for more of our favorite pasta dinners →