A beginner s guide to making pasta dough using the beater and dough hook attachments on a kitchenaid.
Kitchenaid pasta knead. Extra tips for making pasta with the kitchenaid pasta attachment. Use 1 egg per 100 grams of flour. Remove the dough and knead by hand for 2 minutes. The fast working action of the food processor blade mixes those eggs into the flour faster than your fingers ever could and gives the dough a good kneading at the same time.
That being said thinking about it i ve never really just let the machine go and knead the dough after the hook forms a dough ball. Learn how to mix knead roll and cut pasta dough for fresh authentic pasta made at home. I make pasta dough in a restaurant using the ka stand mixer with a 6 qt bowl and a dough hook but also hand knead the dough just because i think the hand kneading produces superior texture in the dough. The mixer allows you to perform a variety of functions including food processing functions meat grinding mill grilling pasta making kneading bread with a kitchenaid mixer and other diverse functions.
Once you ve rolled out all of the pasta cover it again and remove the roller attachment and attach the fettuccine attachment. Turn to speed 2 and knead for 2 minutes. Pour all of the dry ingredients including the yeast and minus 1 cup of flour into the kitchenaid stand mixer s 5 qt. After kneading with the mixer pasta dough must be kneaded by hand for an additional 1 2 minutes.
Once you re done fold the pasta up gently and cover with a tea towel while you repeat the process for the remaining 3 pieces of dough. This recipe will serve 4 people but if you want to make more or less pasta dough a general rule of thumb to follow is. Set the mixer speed to 2 and begin feeding the pasta into the attachment. A recipe for an easy pasta dough includes a quick video on how to use the kitchenaid pasta attachment.
If you use 500g of flour use 5 eggs. Get started with your kitchenaid 3 piece pasta roller cutter set. If you have a food processor you can have a batch of pasta dough ready in about two minutes flat. A kitchenaid mixer is a convenient and increasingly important tool to have in your kitchen.
Metal mixing bowl. It can be kneaded on a counter with just a slight dusting of flour. Want to make pasta but lack the motivation to do all that mixing and kneading by hand. The dough should be allowed to rest for 10 15 minutes before rolling with the pasta roller.