Homemade Fettucine Alfredo

We had never made homemade noodles before.  It is easier to open a box of pasta, but it is neat to try something new.  Tricia found some whole grain spelt flour and decided she'd try making homemade spelt noodles.

Spelt has gluten but is not the modern wheat.  It is an ancient species of it.  It is a different grain and it breaks down easier and is able to be digested easier than the normal wheat in the American diet.  She took 2 cups flour and added a 1/2 teaspoon salt and mixed.


Whole grain Spelt flour

To this add 3 eggs, 1 Tablespoon water, and 1 Tablespoon coconut oil. 

Adding the liquid

Mix until blended.


Mix it up

Separate the dough into thirds and make 3 balls out of it. 


Great balls of fire!

Roll out each portion into thin rectangles, making sure to dust with flour on both sides or it will stick.


Rolled out spelt dough

Slice the dough into 1/4 inch slices with a sharp knife.  They have machines that will cut them all nice and uniform, but they'll eat just fine like this.


Making noodles

All of the noodles are now cut.  In fact, we have 'oodles of noodles.'  

Oodles of Noodles

Bring salted water to a boil and drop noodles in.  Cook 8 -10 minutes until done.


Pot 'o Pasta

Strain in colander.  They turned out great!
 

Patricia's Pasta

Make a little Alfredo sauce to top off the noodles with by mixing butter, garlic, heavy cream, salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese.  We added a little cooked chicken as well, and accompanied the dish with fresh green beans and yellow and zucchini squash medley.


A nice, hearty meal of wholesome goodness

The dish was a big hit.  There weren't many leftovers at all.  Making noodles wasn't hard at all, but, of course, we didn't try to make bowtie pasta!