Orecchiette

Name: Orecchiette
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 eggs, plus 4 egg yolks, beaten together; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters garbanzo flour (or whole-grain flour); 1 teaspoons salt

Orecchiette is a dairy free and vegetarian side dish. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 174 calories, 8g of protein, and 3g of fat. If you have eggs, flour, garbanzo flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes.

Instructions

Boil a large pot of salted water.

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Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix the flours and salt. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs.

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Egg

Salt

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Whisk them, gradually pulling in flour from the rim, until the mixture comes together into a firm ball of dough.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface and work it until smooth.

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Dough

With a well-floured hand, pinch off small fingerfuls of dough, roll them between your thumb and forefinger into balls, and press each in the middle to form an indentation. (Toddler fingers are especially well-suited to this task.)

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