Pasta...

As you may be aware, we now stock a range of flour poduced by Stotfold Mill (@stotfoldmill). All of the grains are produced within Bedfordshire and the flour is unbleached and has no additives found in some cheaper commercial bread flours. Whilst it is perfect for bread and scones it has too much gluten for making cakes so you might think this limits it's use. In reality there are more things to be made with flour than just Bread...

Pasta is not something you always think of making but it is really easy and fun to make with the kids plus makes a quick and easy tea. We have provided a recipe for pasta below which can be added to any sauce that takes your fancy. We used Redborne Smoked bacon to make a lovely herby bacon and tomato sauce...

Ingredients

100g of flour per person
1 egg per 100g grams of flour (so for 4 people use 400g of flour and 4 eggs)
Coarse Polenta or Yellow Semolina Flour for dusting (The semolina comes off when cooking so has no impact on taste or texture)

Method

1. Mix the eggs and flour in a bowl
2. Knead the dough for at least 6 minutes but ideally 10
3. Form into a ball, sprinkle with Semolina, wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge to rest fro at least 30mins
4. Either run through a pasta machine or sprinkle the work top with semolina and use a rolling pin to roll as thin as possible.
5. Using a pizza wheel cut into ribbons of pasta
6. Place in slated boiling water with a a few drops of olive oil for 3 minutes
7. Drain, stir into sauce and enjoy

Flour is available in a our shop priced at £2 for a 1.5kg bag