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Nettle Pasta Recipe

Ingredients: Per person

  • 100g ‘00’ Flour
  • 1 egg
  • 5 Nettle tops

See our Nettle Foraging Guide here

Method:

  1. Chop the nettle tops and mush in a pestle and mortar, straining away the juice (or chop very finely)
  2. Put the flour in a big bowl, add the nettles and mix, then make a well in the centre
  3. Put the whole egg in the centre
  4. Mix the whole lot until you end up with a nice dough (not sticking to your hands, add more flour if it is really sticky)
  5. Knead the dough vigorously on a hard secure surface for 5-10 minutes (it should be elastic and hold its shape well)
  6. Place the dough in cling film and leave to rest for 1 hr in the fridge
  7. Pass through your pasta roller or roll out very finely using a rolling pin using extra flour to coat the dough and surfaces, cut however thick you’d like your pasta
  8. Place in boiling water to cook for 2-3 minutes until cooked (test by removing a little and tasting, it should be elastic and have a little bite)

Enjoy with wild garlic pesto or in whatever you usually use pasta for

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