While the low-protein 00 flour is a gold standard and favored by Italian pasta makers, it may be a bit tougher to find, in which case your go-to all-purpose brand is totally acceptable in a pinch.

I recommend using ‘00’ grade wheat pasta flour. ‘00’ flour has a finer texture than plain flour and will make for a silkier textured fresh pasta. Egg pasta can be made relatively ...

A classic Italian fresh pasta recipe you can make by hand or with the aid of some convenient machines. The fresh pasta can be cut by hand into wide ribbons of pappardelle, fed through the pasta ...

Usually I use Italian ‘00’ flour (which is a very finely milled flour) as it makes the best pasta, but standard plain flour works too. The Quick Italian Tomato Sauce is a great one to have up ...