Home made Squid Ink Pasta
Squid ink pasta came about from trying to utilise as much of the squid as possible.
I wanted to reduce how much gets used as bait (and great bait it is).
Enough of the fluffiness, let’s get into the recipe.
Home made Squid Ink Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- Pinch of salt
- 4 eggs whisked
- Squid Ink sacks x4 from medium squid (2 teaspoons)
Directions
- Sift flour and salt into a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl whisk 4 eggs.
- Add Squid Ink sacks to whisked eggs.
- Make a well in flour mix.
- Pour egg mix in well of the flour.
- Combine egg and flour mix until black colour is consistent.
- Shape into a ball and rest for minimum 30 minutes.
- Cut pasta ball into quarters on floured surface.
- Roll out quarters as thinly as desired (I prefer as thin as possible).
- Cut pasta into desired shape (Typically either spaghetti or fettuccine).
- Cook pasta until al dente, this is fast – usually around 3 minutes.
Pair it with a marinara sauce 🤤
This pasta goes deliciously with the marinara sauce, check it out below.
