Matt wanted to make me a special meal the other day. Whenever he does this I get very excited! He makes AMAZING food! He chose to make homemade noodles, homemade alfredo sauce and chicken to place on the top. Yum! Below are the recipes. I must say this was better than any fancy italian restaurant I have ever eaten at. The more and more we cook new foods, the less we want to go out to eat - it just ends up being disappointing when we do. Both recipes below were snagged from recipezaar.com
Homemade Egg Noodles
2 cups flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
1/4-1/2 cup water
Measure flour into bowl; make a well in the center and add egg yolks, whole egg and salt.
With hands, thoroughly mix egg into flour.
Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
(Add only enough water to form dough into a ball.).
Turn dough onto well-floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
Divide dough into 4 equal parts.
Roll dough, 1 part at a time, into paper-thin rectangle, keeping remaining dough covered.
Roll rectangle around rolling pin; slip out rolling pin.
Cut dough cross-wise into 1/8-inch strips for narrow noodles and 1/4-inch for wide noodles.
Shake out strips and place on towel to dry, about 2 hours.
When dry, break dry strips into smaller pieces.
Cook in 3 quarts boiling salted water (1 tablespoon salt) (We use chicken broth.) 12 to 15 minutes or until tender.
Drain thoroughly.
Homemade Alfredo Sauce
1/2 cup sweet butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
Add the garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer.
Stir often.
Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.
When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY.
While the sauce cooks, boil noodles.
Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.
Homemade Egg Noodles
2 cups flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
1/4-1/2 cup water
Measure flour into bowl; make a well in the center and add egg yolks, whole egg and salt.
With hands, thoroughly mix egg into flour.
Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition.
(Add only enough water to form dough into a ball.).
Turn dough onto well-floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes.
Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
Divide dough into 4 equal parts.
Roll dough, 1 part at a time, into paper-thin rectangle, keeping remaining dough covered.
Roll rectangle around rolling pin; slip out rolling pin.
Cut dough cross-wise into 1/8-inch strips for narrow noodles and 1/4-inch for wide noodles.
Shake out strips and place on towel to dry, about 2 hours.
When dry, break dry strips into smaller pieces.
Cook in 3 quarts boiling salted water (1 tablespoon salt) (We use chicken broth.) 12 to 15 minutes or until tender.
Drain thoroughly.
Homemade Alfredo Sauce
1/2 cup sweet butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
Add the garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer.
Stir often.
Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.
When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY.
While the sauce cooks, boil noodles.
Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.
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