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Shamrock Stained Glass Pasta

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by: Macheesmo
Updated Mar 4, 2015
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A fun food project with shamrock-like herbs rolled into the homemade pasta!

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  • Forget the corned beef and potatoes and make this pasta with little shamrocks instead.

    Who couldn’t use a little extra luck in their lives? Maybe, just maybe, this herb-infused pasta (shamrocks, of sorts) will help bring it your way. At a minimum, it will guarantee a fun food project and a delicious dinner!

    We saw this technique over at The Novice Gardener and thought it was just perfect for St. Patrick's Day. 

    Making pasta is a near-lost art, but it isn’t all that hard. It does take some patience, which I know can be in short supply in our hyper-fast age. But, if you can spare a few hours and feel like diving into a great food project, homemade pasta tops my list.

    What’s nice about making pasta is that you probably have all the ingredients you need for it (although you will need a pasta roller of some sort). 

    It’s really just flour, salt, and eggs.

    I usually start with three cups of flour, stir in some salt and then make my well for the eggs.

    The truth is that the amount of flour doesn’t really matter because as you slowly work the flour and eggs together, extra flour just won’t get incorporated. You could start with 10 cups of flour and then you would just have 7-8 cups left over!

    Mix the eggs slowly as you go. If your well breaks, don’t freak out! Just quickly work to mix the eggs and flour together and form a ball of dough.

    When the dough is roughly together, start kneading it. You’ll want to knead it for 10-15 minutes, working in more flour as you go. It should end up being a really firm ball.

    The most important part of pasta dough at this point is letting it rest. The flour needs time to relax a bit or it’ll be really hard to work with. So wrap it tightly in plastic wrap (so it doesn’t dry out) and let it sit for at least 30 minutes.

    Then, work with the dough in thirds and roll it out into pretty thin sheets. Use lots of flour to avoid sticking. For this first one, you want to roll it out to the second thinnest setting on your pasta roller.

    Now it’s time for the lucky charms (and I don't mean the cereal!). I used a micro green mix from the store for this and it worked awesomely. It also happens to taste great!

    Cut your pasta dough into two pieces and then sprinkle one half with the herbs.

    Dot the dough with some water and press on the other half of the dough. Then send the whole thing back through the pasta roller so it gets thin again.

    You’ll have little stain glass shamrocks in your pasta this time around!

    Once your dough is rolled out a second time, slice it into wide noodles so you can still see the herbs... uh, I mean "shamrocks".

    Like any fresh pasta, cook these in salted boiling water until they float and are tender. Toss them with your favorite sauce and serve them immediately!

    For me, the noodles are so beautiful that I just like to toss them in a light butter sauce and garnish them with some of the greens!

    Now that's GOOD LUCK. 

    Nick thinks this pasta can bring some serious luck! Check out his blog, Macheesmo, and follow him on his Tablespoon Profile.

Shamrock Stained Glass Pasta

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 2 hr 0 min
  • Servings 6
  • Ingredients 6
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Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup micro greens (basil, kale, cilantro, etc. to look like mini shamrocks)
  • Flour, for dusting and rolling pasta

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Mix flour and salt on a clean counter and form a well in the center of the flour. Add yolks and full egg into the center of the well.
  • Step 
    2
    Use a fork to slowly work the eggs into the flour. Ideally, you'll do this slowly until you have a nice firm dough, but if the eggs escape the well, then just mix it all together. You probably won’t need all the flour.
  • Step 
    3
    Once the dough is together, start kneading it. It will be a pretty stiff dough. If it is cracking and not holding together, add some water, but it should be pretty stiff. Knead the dough for 10-15 minutes until it's very smooth, but firm.
  • Step 
    4
    Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    5
    Divide dough into thirds. Working with one third of the dough at a time, run it through your pasta roller until it reaches the second thinnest setting.
  • Step 
    6
    Once it's rolled, cut the long pasta strip in half and sprinkle one half liberally with micro greens. Sprinkle some water on the dough and cover with the second half of dough. Press it together well and re-run the dough through your pasta roller to desired thickness. Cut rolled dough into wide noodles. Repeat with other dough mounds.
  • Step 
    7
    Cook shamrock pasta in salted boiling water until they float. It will take only a few minutes to cook. Toss with desired sauce.

Nutrition

280 Calories
5g Total Fat
9g Protein
49g Total Carbohydrate
0g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
280
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5g
8%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
8%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
180mg
60%
Sodium
410mg
17%
Potassium
105mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
49g
16%
Dietary Fiber
2g
8%
Sugars
0g
Protein
9g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
20%
20%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
3
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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