Moms homemade pasta

The dough can be used to make ravioli as well. Makes 3/4 lb.

1 1/2 cup all purpose Flour
1 egg
1 egg white
1 T. Olive oil
1 t. Salt
 A few drops of water

Pour flour in a heap on a pantry board, make a well in the center of the flour. (for spinach pasta  see below**) Put the egg, egg white, oil and salt. Mix together with a fork or your fingers until dough an be gathered into a rough ball. Moisten my remaining dry bits of flour with a few drops of water and add to the ball.

Knead the dough on a floured board, working in a little extra flour if the dough seems too sticky. After 10 minutes of kneading, the dough should be smooth, shiny and elastic. Wrap it in wax paper and let the dough rest for at least 10 minutes before rolling it out.

Divide dough into 2 balls. Place 1 ball on a floured board and flatten it with your hand into an oblong shape about 1 in. thick. Lightly dust the top with flour.  Using a heavy rolling pin, start at one end and roll it out lengthwise, away fom yourself to within an inch or so of he far edge. Turn the dough crosswise and roll across its width.  Repeat, turning and rolling the dough, until it is paper thin. If the dough begins to stick, lift it carefully and sprinkle more flour under it.

To make tagliarini, fettucine, tagliatelle and lasagne, dust the rolled dough lightly with flour and let rest for about 10 minutes. Gently roll the dough into a jelly-roll shape. With a long sharp knife, slice the roll crosswise into even strips- 1/8 inch wide for tagliarini, 1/4 inch wide for fettucine or tagliatelle, and 1 1/2 to 2 inches for lasagne. 

To make ravioli, roll out the dough into a rectangular shape so that you can cut three 3 inch squares by eight 3 inch squares across (you will end up with twenty-four 3inch squares or 12 ravioli.)

**Note:  to make spinach pasta, take 1 bunch fresh spinach  and add to the boiling salted water. When he spinach goes limp, drain and take out as much excess water as possible. Cutt off the stems. Chop the leaves into small pieces. When you make the well, add spinach with the eggs, olive oil, salt.