Any of us will distinguish the taste of homemade noodles from the store ones, at least by its density. Our mothers and grandmothers tried to make it as transparent as possible, and the thinner the layer of dough was, the more experienced the cook who rolled it out!
In Soviet times, the noodles were necessarily prepared for the weekend and devoted almost the entire free day to this activity, since it was created a week ahead and for the whole family, because there was no such abundance of pasta on the shelves at that time. On all holidays, homemade noodles with boiled chicken were solemnly served and this was the main dish of the evening. By the way, the products for such a dish are purchased the simplest and the noodles are much more economical for the family budget, rather than pasta from the store!
Ingredients for making 4 servings of homemade noodles:
- 2 tbsp. wheat flour;
- 0.5 tbsp. water;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 2 pinches of salt;
- 1 pinch of citric acid.
Do not be surprised - this is really the whole composition of the products needed to create noodles!
To prepare such a homemade dish - first of all you have to do the dough. Roll up your sleeves and smash chicken eggs into a container with high sides. Beat them with a fork and add salt. After the salt, add citric acid - it will not let the dough float and will hold back gluten.
Then pour water into the container and mix.
It is the turn of wheat flour - pour it into the liquid in several parts and knead well to avoid the formation of lumps. If you have a bread machine in the kitchen, then it will become the best assistant in kneading dough for noodles.
As a result of mixing you should have an elastic ball of dough, which will not be too dense, but not very soft.
Cut the dough ball into several pieces and roll each of them into a thin layer. Roll out the dough to your liking: some like thin noodles, and others give only thick pasta. The same applies to the length of pasta!
When your dough has the required thickness, cut it with a sharp or figured knife, carefully separating each thread of the cut.
Now the sliced noodles need to be dried well. This can be done in two ways. The first is to leave it to dry overnight, spread it on the table, or send it to a baking sheet in the oven at 60 ° C for 20-30 minutes, which we will do. Gently place the noodles on parchment paper, and then send it to the oven. There is no need to lubricate the paper.
After the specified time has passed, check the noodles and, if it has dried, then get it out of the oven. Let cool slightly and pack into bags or wrap in parchment paper - your noodles are completely ready!
However, to make a hearty meal out of it, you will need salt, chicken broth, or a glass of water with a cube of broth dissolved in it.
Boil the broth and add salt to it. Put noodles in it and cook for about 3-4 minutes until it floats to the surface.
Now your homemade pasta is completely ready to eat! Enjoy your meal!
Such a hearty and rich dish will perfectly help you out in the coming crisis and will look great on a festive table - just do not forget to serve boiled chicken to it - the best meat snack for homemade noodles!
Calculation of dish cost
And there is such a macaroni masterpiece - mere pennies:
- 2 tbsp. wheat flour - 18 rubles;
- 1 chicken egg - 2 rubles;
- 1 cube of chicken broth - 5 rubles.
Total: 25 rubles
So, 4 portions of noodles will cost you 25 rubles - how can you save so much ?! The only disadvantage of this dish is the time that will need to be given to cooking noodles. But it is more than covered by an appetizing look and incredible taste, therefore - cook with us and we will help you to cook tasty and economical food!
