(Homemade turquoise noodles - Traditional recipe)

Time: preparation: 40 minutes 400 g (14 oz) white flour 3 eggs 16 tablespoons Blue Curaçao Semolina Salt difficult recipe

  Spoon measures are American spoons, that is standard cook's measuring spoons used in USA.
  The best plan is to regard 2 American teaspoons or tablespoons as 1 English teaspoon or tablespoon (eating spoons)

Put the flour on a work surface; the best thing would be a wooden rolling-board.
Make a well in the centre and add eggs, Blue Curaçao and salt. Beat eggs and liqueur with a fork. At this point slowly draw in flour from the edge of the well and keep on stirring with the fork for some seconds. Then begin kneading with your hands until a soft dough forms. Knead the dough on the floured work surface for 10 minutes until it is smooth and elastic and there is no trace of the dough on your fingers.
Cover with a napkin and allow to rest for at least 20-30 minutes.
When the dough is ready, cut into thirds or quarters. Work with 1 piece at a time but remember to keep the remaining pieces covered. Roll out on lightly floured surface the pasta dough, beginning from the center, to a thickness of 0,3 cm (1/8in); you have to use a long pasta rolling pin for this. If you want to cut tagliatelle (noodles) by hand, allow to dry for 15-20 minutes.
Unroll the noodles, spread on a clean towel and sprinkle with a little flour or semolina. It is important to avoid sticking while the pasta is drying. You can use a large surface or chair backs. Let dry for 2-3 hours before cooking. If you want many more instructions, you can read this page.
Boil them in abundant salt water; it's very difficult to say what is the exact cooking time. Pasta is fresh. Taste it after few minutes before draining it.

Note
- You can dress boiled turquoise noodles with a sauce made with cheese such as Italian
  Gorgonzola (blue-cheese) or Italian Mascarpone (creamy & mild cheese) melted with
  butter; you can serve them sprinkled with grated Parmesan. Consult our sauce recipe index
  for the recipes.
- You can make the same dough for other kinds of fresh pasta such as ravioli.

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