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Homemade Semolina & Gluten Free Pasta

If you haven't tried making homemade fresh pasta yet this is your chance to! It is easy to make and so delicious. This recipe offers two versions one made with semolina flour and a gluten free flour.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Resting Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Pasta
Cuisine Italian

Equipment

  • Rolling Pin
  • Blender

Ingredients
  

Semolina Flour Pasta

Gluten Free Flour Pasta

Sauce

  • 6 ounces (170g) grape tomatoes
  • 3.5 ounces (100g) carrots, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic (15g), sliced
  • 1 ½ tablespoons (22ml) olive oil
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup (60ml) water, or to thickness preference
  • 2 to 3 leaves fresh basil

Instructions
 

Pasta

  • Semolina Flour: in a bowl combine the flour and salt with a spoon. Make a well in the middle and add in the olive and half of the water. Mix together with a spoon. Add in the remaining water and mix again. Pour onto a clean surface and use your hands to knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it forms a smooth ball. Cover and set to the side for 20 to 30 minutes.
  • Gluten Free Flour: in a bowl combine the flour and salt with a spoon. Make a well in the middle and add in the olive and half of the water. Mix together with a spoon. Add in the remaining water and mix again. Pour onto a clean surface and use your hands to knead the dough for about 2 to 3 minutes until it forms a smooth ball. Cover and set to the side for 10 to 15 minutes.
  • Flour your work sauce with the appropriate flour for whichever recipe you are following. Divide the dough in half and place the other dough half in a separate place covered. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a large rectangle that is about ¼ inch thick. The dough should be relatively thin and light should pass through if you were to hold it up. For the gluten free dough make sure to keep your work surface very coated with gf flour. To form both doughs in a long pasta like a tagliatelle use a knife or pizza cutter to make long, vertical pieces of pasta. Carefully, pull them up and wrap around themselves to form bundles. Cover the bundles and repeat the process with the other pasta.
  • Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Place in the pasta and cook for a 3 to 5 minutes or until pasta is floating at the top. Add desired sauce and enjoy.

Sauce

  • The pasta will cook very quickly so it is important to have the sauce done prior to boiling the pasta. I like to do this while I wait for the dough to rest a bit. In a pan add all the ingredients and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. Occasionally, adding in water to help everything soften.
  • Once the tomatoes and carrots are soft place them into a food processor or blender along. Blend until smooth. It will be thick so you can then add in a few more tablespoons of water until it reaches your desired thickness.
  • Pour back into the pan with a few leaves of basil. Let it cook for another 5 minutes over medium heat.
  • Add in your pasta along with a few spoonfuls of pasta water.

Video

Notes

  • IMPORTANT: the pasta will cook very quickly so be sure to have your sauce done and ready for the pasta.
  • If you need a visual please check out the YouTube video for more help.
  • The gluten free pasta dough is sticky, don't be shy with adding flour to help it not to stick to the surface you working on.
  • NOTE ABOUT GF PASTA BUNDLES I think it is better not to place them in bundles and just put them directly into the boiling water.
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