Homemade noodles
Description
Making homemade egg noodles is not difficult at all. Noodles (in Russian cuisine) or varenyky (in Ukrainian cuisine) are no harder to prepare than regular pie dough. Cooked homemade egg noodles can be served as a side dish with various meals, or added to hot soups.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients: separate the egg whites from the yolks. You won't need the whites—they are not used in this recipe; only the yolks are required.
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Step 2
Dissolve salt in water.
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Step 3
Add the yolks to the same mixture.
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Step 4
Mix.
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Step 5
Sift the flour into a deep bowl, make a depression in it, and pour the egg mixture into it.
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Step 6
Using a fork, thoroughly mix the flour and egg mixture, turning it into a soft dough.
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Step 7
On a floured work surface, knead the dough until it becomes sufficiently elastic.
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Step 8
Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in plastic wrap, and set aside for 20 minutes.
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Step 9
After 20 minutes, we start preparing the noodles. Begin rolling out our dough.
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Step 10
Continue rolling—roll it out quite thinly.
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Step 11
Roll it out again, don't be lazy! :)
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Step 12
After all, the dough should be so thin that, as they say, you could read through it.
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Step 13
Let the dough rest for a while. Then fold the edges of the dough toward the center—as shown in the photo. First, one edge...
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Step 14
...and then the other one as well. You end up with a rolled sheet of dough like this.
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Step 15
Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into thin strips.
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Step 16
Spread the noodles onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Place in an oven preheated to 120 degrees and dry the noodles for about 25 minutes.
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Step 17
Well, the homemade egg noodles are ready.
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Step 18
Such noodles are boiled for about 3-5 minutes in boiling salted water.