Jen’s Homemade Pasta for Two
(courtesy of Jen Gurecki, co-founder of Coalition Snow in Reno and Zawadisha in Kenya. Serves 2 to 4)
For pasta
½ cup semolina flour
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
Mix flours and egg together, and add water to make a tacky dough. Knead dough for about 5 minutes, cover, and let it rest 10 minutes. Then knead all dough into 4-inch-diameter disks and put these through pasta roller of your pasta machine, first on setting 1, then 3, then 6. Lay resulting sheets out to dry with dusting of semolina. Then run sheets through noodle attachment and toss noodles into boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and serve with sauce.
For sauce
Olive oil
3 to 5 garlic cloves, minced
1 red onion, diced
1, 14.5-ounce can roasted tomatoes
Squeeze of tomato paste
Handful of capers
Handful of black olives, coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste
Parmesan cheese, to taste
Olive oil, to taste
Sauté garlic and onions in olive oil until translucent. Add tomatoes, tomato paste, and a good pour of olive oil, to taste. Simmer 5 minutes, then add capers and black olives. Pour sauce over freshly cooked pasta and top with Parmesan cheese.
