Black Pepper Pasta

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus
• 1/2 cup flour, for dusting
• 4 jumbo eggs
• 1 tablespoon virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons finely-ground fresh black pepper (grind in a coffee grinder)

Recipe

• 1 make a mound of the flour in the center of a large wooden cutting board.
• 2 make a well in the middle of the flour and add the eggs, oil and pepper.
• 3 using a fork, beat together the eggs, oil and pepper and begin to incorporate the flour starting with the inner rim of the well.
• 4 as you expand the well, keep pushing the flour up to retain the well shape.
• 5 do not worry that this initial phase looks messy.
• 6 the dough will come together when half of the flour is incorporated.
• 7 start kneading the dough with both hands, using the palms of your hands.
• 8 once you have a cohesive mass, remove the dough from the board and scrape up any leftover crusty bits.
• 9 discard these bits.
• 10 lightly flour the board and continue kneading for 3 more minutes.
• 11 the dough should be elastic and a little sticky.
• 12 continue to knead for another 3 minutes, remembering to dust your board when necessary.
• 13 wrap the dough in plastic and allow to rest for 30 minutes at room temperature.