Tim has discovered that eating wheat makes him feel quite unwell, but he is able to tolerate Spelt flour. Wheat free products are very expensive or not particularly nice. So I thought I'd try making pasta with Spelt flour. I have to say that it was well worth the effort- it really wasn't all that fiddly or difficult and the pasta was delicious. I'll be making this one again! This pasta was made to go with some left over mince with peas and corn- not your traditional spag bol and not really blog worthy but it is the one that my girl prefers.
Rustic Spelt Pasta
1and 3/4 cups of spelt flour
3eggs
one very generous pinch of salt
Mix together with a knife in a large mixing bowl. Knead as the dough comes together for a few minutes. Add a sprinkle of extra flour if needed. I added about a tablespoon or two, eggs vary in size so it is tricky to be exact,plus I am not an exact cook I go by feel and instinct. Wrap in plastic wrap or damp cloth for 10 mins to rest (the dough not you it's not hard work!)
Roll pasta through pasta roller. TIP: I found that this flour was a little sticky I don't know if it was my quantities or they type of flour but I found it easier to cut the dough in small pieces and run them through the pasta roller in these smaller batches. do all of them at each number down to about the third last one.
Slice them into strips and cook in a large pot of salted boiling water for about 1 or 2 minutes according to your taste. I did a practice one first.
(Sorry about the lines through the photo's this keeps happening randomly when I upload photo's on Blogger since I changed to the new format- I don't know what I am doing!??!)
