Basil Fettuccine (pasta Noodle Recipe)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 using a food processor, process basil leaves until chopped very fine. add 1 1/2 cups of flour and pulse two or three times, or until combined.
• 2 add egg, 1 teaspoon oil, and the water until dough forms a ball shape. if dough seems dry, add a bit more water. wrap dough in a piece of plastic wrap which has been coated in a few drops of olive oil.
• 3 refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
• 4 remove dough from refrigerator, and cut into 6 equal size portions. run pasta though pasta machine, or roll with rolling pin to desired thickness. use the additional flour to coat pasta while rolling.
• 5 allow pasta to dry for one hour prior to cooking if making noodles.
• 6 cook in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. this should take only a 3 to 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the pasta.