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Tagliatelle (Flat Egg Noodles)

The besttagliatellemade in Bologna, as by Oretta's mentor, the legendary Sister Attilia, are transparent. In southern Italy, thesfogliais a bit thicker, but the pasta is just as good.

Ingredients

  1. Step 1

    Makepasta all'uovo. When the dough has rested, roll it out with a wooden rolling pin into a thin sheet less than 1/16 inch (1 millimeter) thick. If you use a pasta machine to roll the dough, finish at the smallest setting. If this is too thin for you to handle, stop at the next-to-last setting instead. Nobody will care.

    Step 2

    Spread the pasta sheet out on the board and roll it loosely like a jellyroll. With a large, sharp knife, cut the roll at less than 1/4-inch (5-millimeter) intervals.

    Step 3

    You can also use a pasta machine to cut the noodles. In that case, trim the sheet into regular lengths up to 24 inches (60 centimeters). Feed the sheets through the cutting attachment.

    Step 4

    Fluff the noodles gently with your fingers and set them down in little heaps on floured kitchen towels. Let them dry a bit—just enough so the pieces don't stick together.

Excerpted fromSauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Wayby Oretta Zanini De Vita and Maureen B. Fant. Copyright © 2013 by Oretta Zanini De Vita and Maureen B. Fant. Photographs copyright © 2013 by Gentl & Hyers. With permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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