大象传媒

Fresh Pasta Dough

250g 鈥�00鈥� flour or strong bread flour

good pinch salt

5 egg yolk

1 teaspoon olive oil or rapeseed oil

about a tablespoon cold water

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Place the flour and salt in a food processor and mix in the oil and egg yolks. Process to a sandy consistency then add water to bind. Wrap in cling and chill.

To make traditionally 鈥� mix the flour and salt on a board and make a well in the centre.

Add the egg yolks and oil and bring to a dough with a little water. Wrap in cling and chill.

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Set your pasta roller to the widest setting.

Roll the dough into a sausage shape then roll out to a rectangle shape that will fit neatly into the pasta roller. Roll through the pasta maker twice on the widest setting then roll through until you reach the setting before the last.

Cut the dough into 4 pieces and cut each one by hand, or using a pastry wheel, to about 1 inch thick. Dust the surface with flour and allow to dry for 15 minutes.

Cook the pasta in plenty of salted boiling water for about 2 minutes.

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Ham Hock

1听ham hock

陆 leek, chopped

1 onion, peeled and quartered

few sprigs thyme and rosemary

1 garlic clove

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Place the hock with the other ingredients into a pot and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer for about 2 and a half hours or until hock is fork tender. Cool in water until you can handle the heat and shred the meat from the bone.

Use the cooking liquor for soup or risotto and a little for the pasta dish.

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Wild Garlic Pesto

A handful of washed wild garlic leaves ( weighing about 30g)

A handful of听parsley

30g pumpkin seeds

4 tablespoons olive oil or rapeseed oil

35g grated parmesan

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Blend together.

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To finish the Pasta Dish -

shredded ham meat from hock

1 ladle of cooking liquor

wild garlic pesto

fresh pasta

1 onion, finely chopped

1 tablespoon oil

25g butter

30g grated parmesan

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Fry the onion in the oil until soft and golden.

Add the stock and ham hock.

Gently heat.

Add the drained cooked pasta and听 toss well with the pesto.

Toss in the butter and parmesan and season with pepper to taste.

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Serve.