TUESDAY MORNING COOKING CLASS..........BASIC PASTA.

NOELENE`S COOKING CLASS @ CHURCHILL HUB   TUESDAY..10AM -12.MIDDAY

BASIC PASTA......

For every 100gm of flour used add 1 egg......
3.5 cups ( 400gm ) of all purpose flour  ( 00 Flour )
4 Eggs
1/2 tsp salt.

For the dough , sieve the flour onto a working surface and make a well in the middle .
Add the salt and eggs ( unbeaten ) .
(.you can make the same pasta with just the yolks or just the whites or no eggs at all )
Mix the eggs with some flour in the well in the middle .
Then the dough will be kneaded well and long enough for it to become silky smooth and workable , so it can be rolled out very thin.
Cut into strips and hang over a clothes horse to air dry before being cooked in boiling lightly salted  water  till el dente .
Drain and place in warm serving bowls ......

Garlic , Sage And Burnt Butter Sauce .

Saute 2 fat garlic cloves which have been finely sliced in a little rice bran oil along with 1 onion finely sliced .
Cook till the garlic and onion are translucent and aromatic .
Then add 5 tbs of butter ...mix well and once completely melted add a cup of torn sage leaves to the butter and continue to gently cook till the butter turns golden.

Drizzle over drained spaghetti
Dress with slivers of  fresh sage .