homemade bucatini with meatballs and marinara
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Homemade Bucatini

Homemade bucatini for a delectible pasta with a hole that allows your favorite sauce to both coat and fill the pasta!
Prep Time1 hr 15 mins
Cook Time5 mins
Total Time1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1-2 Tbsp water
  • 1/2 tsp salt plus more for cooking pasta
  • 12 - 16 oz Semolina flour plus more for bench flour
  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour for bench flour

Instructions

  • Beat eggs, olive oil, water, and salt with mixer
  • Add 12 ounces of the semolina flour
  • Use dough hook to combine
  • If the dough is too sticky or wet, add additional semolina flour a little at a time or if it is too dry, add additional water a tiny bit at a time
  • Knead the dough with the dough hook for 3-5 minutes, you want a smooth pliable consistency
  • Put additional semolina flour on your clean work surface
  • Turn out dough from mixer bowl and coat with semolina, knead a bit more until it is smooth and velvety
  • Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature for 1 hour, if you are using right away do not refrigerate
  • Spread out all purpose flour on your work surface
  • Cut off a 1/2 inch slice from the prepared dough, re-covering the remainder of the dough so it won't dry out as you work, and work the piece of dough until pliable and smooth
  • Place the desired pasta plate into the pasta extruder attachment and attach to the mixer
  • Place the portion of dough into the extruder and push through, cutting to the desired length and dust with additional flour so it doesn't stick to itself
  • Hang or set pasta on a prepared sheet tray to dry
  • Prepare water to cook pasta, once boiling add a small handful of salt to the boiling water
  • Cook pasta for 2-3 minutes, remember it cooks quickly because it's fresh
  • Serve bucatini with your favorite sauce and accompaniments and enjoy

Notes

If you prefer to make your pasta dough by hand, put the semolina flour into a mound on a clean work surface creating a well in the middle in which to put the beaten egg mixture, combine and then knead for 8-15 minutes until smooth and velvety