Basic Pasta Dough

(serves 4)

1 3/4 cups unbleached flour

3 large eggs (make sure they’re large!)

Measure your flour into a pile on a work surface. Then hollow out a large dent in the centre of the flour to create a nest to crack the eggs into. Crack in the eggs, and whisk them in the nest with a fork. Pull flour into the egg mixture until it forms a shaggy dough. Knead the dough for 6 to 8 minutes, then wrap it in plastic wrap, and let it rest for 3 hours. Using a pasta machine, roll the dough out into 3 thin sheets. Cut the sheets into linguini, or stuff them with our sweet potato and feta ravioli filling.