SPINACH NOODLES

INGREDIENTS FOR JJJJJ PEOPLE:

- 200 grams/ 2.01 cup of wheat flour

- 2 whole eggs

- 60 grams/ 5. 34 tablespoons of cooked spinach

(add water if necessary, or replace it with egg whites)

- salted boiling water

- 20 grams/ 1.49 tablespoon of butter or olive oil

PROCEDURE:

Sift flour on the board, make a hole in the middle and crack the eggs in it, if it's necessary add some warm water. Mix the mixture with wooden spoon then try to knead it with your fingers. After the mixture is moisturized enough knead it into dough. Knead the dough until it becomes elastic and is not sticking to your hands and board.

When you cut the dough in half it should be dense and free of holes.

When the dough was well kneaded (for 15 minutes) spread oil over the dough ball on the top, and place it to rest for ½ hour, it can also be more time, cover it with the container, in order to avoid drying.

Afterwards re-knead the dough and make elongate roll out of it, cut it in half and then cut it for 1 centimetre / 0.39 inches thick to get dough cloths (which must be evenly thick). 

Before you put the dough cloths through the noodle machine, you have to carefully sprinkle them with flour, so that they will not stick to the rollers. Leave the rolled out dough to dry on a board or a kitchen cloth.

When the dough isn`t sticky anymore, sprinkle it with some flour and using the noodle machine cut it into strips and leave them to dry.

There is no need to dry them, if you plan to cook the noodles right away.

You can serve them as a side dish alongside various meat dishes or as an appetizer with herbs or a sauce.

Following the same procedure, you can also make carrot noodles.

Homemade noodles are very quickly cooked and they do not bloat us up.