Single Serve Pasta Alfredo
When you're craving just one serving of the perfect plate of creamy Pasta Alfredo...
Ingredients
- ¾ cup flour I used the Heritage White Flour from Sunrise Flour Mill
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup pasta water
- 2 tbsp cold butter cubed
- ¾ cup parmesan grated
- Salt & pepper
Instructions
- Start by adding the flour onto a clean surface. Make a well in the middle and crack in a room temperature egg. Add a drizzle of olive oil and then start whisking the egg and olive oil until it’s combined, being careful to not let the egg spill over the flour well.
- Once it’s well combined, start tipping in a little bit of flour from the edges at a time while simultaneously whisking. Once it starts coming together, you can begin kneading the dough for about 10 minutes until it’s nice and smooth. Cover and let rest for 20-30 minutes.
- Once the dough has rested, sprinkle it with a touch of flour and start rolling it out very thinly. You could also use a pasta rolling machine if you have one (but a rolling pin works just fine!)
- Roll into a long rectangle, clean up the edges so they are smooth, and then start folding in the pasta sheet towards each other like a blanket. Make cuts down the sheet of the pasta dough (however thin or wide you’d like) and then slide your knife under the middle of the pasta sheet and pull up to release all of the pasta noodles. Coat with a light dusting of flour and then set to the side.
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil, heavily salt and add in your homemade pasta.
- In a separate pan, over medium-high heat, immediately add about ½ cup of the pasta water, along with the cubed up cold butter. The butter will start to melt and then the sauce will all start to bubble and reduce slightly. Add in the al dente pasta once it has risen to the top of the boiling water (after 1-2 min) directly to the sauce pan and keep mixing.
- Lastly, add in the finely grated parmesan cheese gradually to the pasta while continuously stirring. This sauce comes together very quickly! You can always add a touch more pasta water to loosen it up if you prefer, or more cheese to make it thicker.