Homemade noodle recipes

If you adhere to the principles of a healthy diet, then you probably know that there are very few nutrients preserved in industrial products, and most of them can be replaced with homemade counterparts for health benefits. For example, you can cook delicious homemade noodles instead of regular pasta.

Homemade noodle dough recipe

The process of making homemade noodles is simple and does not require special skills. From the products you will need to cook eggs, salt, flour and a little water. In this case, it is better to take non-carbonated mineral water or purify tap water with a household filter. Flour does not have to be of the highest grade. Coarse flour is fine, but if you take rye or buckwheat flour, you get a dish with an unusual taste. For those who follow a diet, coarse flour with the addition of bran can be advised. The noodles from it will be grayish, but will not harm the figure in any way.

To prepare the noodle dough you will need:

• 450 g flour.
• 1 egg.
• Half a glass of water.
• Salt.

First you need to beat the egg in any way, adding water and salt. Then the flour is poured onto a clean surface in the form of a slide and a depression is made in it. A mixture of water and eggs is poured into it.

The liquid is gradually mixed with flour and kneaded dough... The resulting tight piece of dough is covered with a towel and left for half an hour to "rest".

Then a portion of the dough is cut into several pieces and rolled out each into a thin cake. After the rolled out dough is cut into thin noodles. Sprinkle the chopped noodles with flour to keep them from sticking together.

If you want to make thinner noodles, do not add water to the dough. Otherwise, the dough preparation process does not differ from the previous recipe. As a result, you will have a tight dough that needs to be allowed to rest for half an hour before cutting. For cutting, you need to cut a piece of dough into several pieces and roll each of them as thin as possible. The resulting plates must be left for 10 minutes to dry. Then they are stacked and cut into thin noodles.

How to cook homemade noodles

When cooking homemade noodles, you need to choose the right ratio of liquid to dry product. To make the dish tasty for 100 g of noodles, you need to take at least a liter of liquid. If the water is too low, it will take too long to boil the noodles, and the finished product will be sticky and sticky.

1. For cooking, you need to choose large pots with a thick bottom, which must be filled with water by three quarters. It is better to take purified water.
2. Put the saucepan on fire and bring the water to a boil.
3. When the liquid boils, salt is added to it, 10 g for each liter of water. Only then can the noodles be added.
4. When the water in the pot is boiling with a key, you can add the noodles. Try to keep it centered.
5. After boiling water with noodles, reduce the flow of heat. Don't make the fire too low. Remember to simmer, not simmer the noodles in hot water.
6. Do not close the lid while the noodles are cooking. Stir the noodles with a wooden spoon during cooking.

It is very important to properly maintain the cooking time of the noodles. The taste of the finished dish will depend on this. Properly cooked noodles are moderately soft. In Italy, they generally prefer macaroni with cheese, calling this degree of readiness macaroni al dente. It all depends on individual preferences. When the noodles are cooked, cover the pan with a lid and let it stand in the water for a couple of minutes. Then the liquid is drained.

Since Soviet times, many housewives have been accustomed to rinsing the noodles with cold water, explaining that such a manipulation prevents the noodles from sticking together. In fact, you don't need to do this. It is enough just after draining the liquid, throw the noodles in a colander and let the remaining liquid drain. After that, the noodles are vigorously shaken several times and transferred to a warm dish prepared in advance or to a saucepan where it was cooked. When serving, the noodles can be sprinkled with sauce or sprinkled with cheese.

If you decide to cook chicken soup with noodles, then first you need to boil the chicken, cut into pieces and washed. In this case, pieces of chicken with bones should be placed in cold water, and the breast should be added when the broth boils. In this case, you will get rich broth and juicy meat. During cooking, peeled carrots and a thoroughly washed onion, along with the husk, are added to the pan. This will give the broth a golden color. When the meat is ready, it must be removed from the broth along with the vegetables. The onion can be thrown away, and the carrots and meat can be finely chopped and placed on plates. Boil noodles separately in salted water, put them on plates and pour chicken broth. Top with finely chopped fresh herbs.