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1
Blend all ingredients in a food processor until mixture begins to form a ball.
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2
Knead dough on a lightly floured surface, incorporating only as much additional flour as necessary to keep dough from sticking, until smooth and elastic, 6 to 8 minutes.
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3
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and let stand 1 hour.
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4
Set smooth rollers of pasta machine on widest setting.
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5
Cut dough into 4 pieces.
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6
Cover 3 pieces with plastic wrap, then form remaining piece into a rectangle and feed through rollers.
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7
Fold rectangle in half and feed, folded end first, through rollers 8 more times, folding in half each time and dusting with flour if necessary to prevent sticking.
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8
Turn dial to next (narrower) setting and feed dough through without folding.
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9
Catch pasta sheet with your hand as it feeds through rollers instead of letting it crumple at base of machine.
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10
Continue to feed through without folding, making space between rollers narrower each time and dusting with flour if it begins to stick, until second narrowest setting is reached.
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11
Lay pasta sheet on a floured surface and cut into 2 (6- by 4-inch) rectangles.
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12
Roll out and cut remaining 3 pieces of dough in same manner to form a total of 8 pasta squares.
