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Three bundles of handmade charcoal trenette made intoa. traditional Carbonara with yellow cheese on top of each pile.

Handmade Charcoal Trenette


  • Author: Fiore Moletz

Description

Learn to make a handmade pasta with care.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 340 gram ’00’ flour or bread flour
  • 4 whole eggs
  • 1/2 tbsp activated charcoal powder

Instructions

  1. Mix flour with charcoal powder. Place flour on work surface and make a well in it. Add the eggs to the well, and begin mixing eggs into flour with a fork.
  2. Once egg has mixed into flour slightly, begin kneading the dough until has become a cohesive ball. Cover and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
  3. Either through a roller or by rolling pin, begin rolling out dough in to thin sheets, until the thickness of a piece of spaghetti.
  4. Cut by hand or by machine into long, thin strands, and dust strand with flour to prevent sticking. Let strands sit for 10-15 minutes before cooking.

Notes

Charcoal powder will darken everything it touches.