Pasta For Cannelloni

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   Combine flour and 1 tablespoon salt on a counter, making a well in the middle.

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   Break eggs into well, and beat them with a fork, gradually incorporating a little flour.

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   When mixture becomes too hard to stir with fork, use your hands.

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   When all the flour has been mixed in, knead dough, pushing it against counter, and folding it repeatedly until it is quite stiff and not at all sticky.

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   Sprinkle with a little reserved flour.

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   Clean your hands.

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   Cover dough with plastic wrap or a cloth, and let it rest for about a half-hour.

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   You can refrigerate dough, wrapped in plastic, for up to 24 hours.

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   Meanwhile, make fillings for cannelloni (see recipe).

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    When ready to proceed, sprinkle counter with flour.

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    Cut off about a third of dough.

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    Wrap the rest in plastic or cloth while you work.

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    Roll dough lightly in flour, using your hands to flatten it into a rectangle about the width of your pasta machine.

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    Set machine to its thickest setting, and crank dough through.

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    If it sticks, dust with more flour.

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    Repeat.

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    Set machine to its next thinnest setting, and push dough through, adding flour again if pasta sticks.

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    Repeat.

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    Continue to work down the settings on machine.

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    If dough tears badly, bunch it together, and start again.

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    Add flour as you need, but only in small amounts.

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    Pass dough through machine's thinnest setting.

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    (If pasta tears, stop at the second thinnest setting.)

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    Flour pasta lightly, then cover, and set aside.

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    Repeat with remaining dough.

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    Set a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it.

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    Cut dough into 8 rectangles about 6 by 8 inches each.

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    (You may have leftover dough.)

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    Boil these sheets a couple at a time for about 2 minutes, or until tender.

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    Reserve 1 cup of cooking liquid for cannelloni recipe.

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    Remove sheets with a slotted spoon.

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    Drop them into a bowl of ice water.

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    Remove from ice water and drain.

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    Spread on a baking sheet.

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    Drizzle with oil to prevent sticking.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.