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Dry Dough

We use dry dough to make the pastas that we serve with our ragùs. It gets shaped into maltagliati, garganelli, corzetti stampati, and tagliatelle (all described later), as well as other short shapes. We call it dry dough because it feels dryer than our basic pasta dough since it is made with only egg yolks and no whites.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 14 ounces

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
12 extra-large egg yolks (16 ounces of yolks), whisked together in a medium bowl

Preparation

  1. Put the flour in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and begin to run the machine at low speed. With the mixer running, add the egg yolks gradually, mixing until the dough comes together. Turn off the mixer and dust a flat work surface with flour. Turn the dough out onto the dusted surface, form it into a ball, and gently knead it for 20 to 25 minutes, until the ball begins to feel elastic and the surface of the dough feels smooth and silky. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate to rest for at least 45 minutes and up to overnight before sheeting it (any longer and the dough will discolor).

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