Making your own pasta is really quick and easy and you can’t beat it for thinks like tagliatelle, cannelloni and lasagne.  I used to make it often even before one of my favourite people (and the person who taught me to make pasta) gifted me with the pasta rollers and cutters for my kitchenaid.
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Day 1:The Chef (Chief leavening agent)

Make a fountain inside a handful (about 1/2 cup) of organic wholewheat flour
add about 1/2 teaspoon of milk, a pinch of cumin and 3 tablespoons of warm water
Mix together and knead with two fingers until your paste comes together as a firm dough, adding a little more water if [...]

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Puff Pastry uses roughly equal quantities of butter and flour. Strong bread flour has a high gluten content which gives added strength to the pastry, which it needs for all that rolling and folding. Lemon juice softens the gluten just enough to make the dough more pliable.

Make sure everything is cold whilst [...]

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melt

170g unsalted butter
240ml water

over a low heat until the butter is all melted.
Sift

210 g of plain (cake) flour

twice, to ensure it is properly aerated.
Bring the mix to a fast boil, then turn off the heat and add the flour (all in one go) to the pan.
Beat with a wooden spoon until you have a smooth [...]

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