Kit instructions

How to Make Semolina Pasta

For use with the Semolina Pasta Making Kit

Semolina Pasta Making Kit packaging with images of pasta on a white background

Directions

  1. Make Your Dough
    In a mixing bowl, combine semolina flour, 1 cup of warm water and up to 1 tablespoon of olive oil (optional). Blend together using a wooden spoon, spatula or your hands. The dough will have the clumpy consistency of wet sand. If the dough seems too dry and not all the semolina flour can be worked in, add in 1-2 tablespoons of warm water until it just comes together. The drier dough is necessary for shaping and forming your pasta.

    Prefer using a food processor? This dough comes together with a few short pulses.
    Adding olive oil to semolina pasta doughAdding liquid to semolina flour to make pasta doughMixing pasta dough
  2. Knead and Rest
    Transfer your dough to a clean work surface (ideally wood, see notes above). Knead for 5 minutes or until smooth and firm. Cover loosely with a tea towel (for high humidity) or loosely with plastic wrap and a tea towel for normal and lower humidity and let rest for 20 minutes.
    Complete ball of pasta doughCovering pasta dough with plastic wrapCovering pasta dough with a tea towel
  3. Divide Your Dough
    Using a bench scraper or knife divide your dough into 6 portions. Work with one portion at a time leaving the rest covered. If dough starts to dry out, re-cover and work with a different piece.
    Dividing pasta dough with a cutterPasta dough dividing into 5 pieces
  4. Cavatelli Illustration
    Cute little shells, hand-rolled to scoop up every saucy bite.
    Busiate Illustration
    Twisty corkscrew pasta, perfect for cradling vibrant pesto.
    Spizulus Illustration
    Delicately rolled and pinched into rings with rustic, old-world charm.
    Capunti Illustration
    Delightfully plump, pea-shaped pasta with traditions rooted in Puglia.
    Orecchiette Illustration
    Pasta shaped like little ears, made for picking up rich, tasty sauces.
    Casarecce Illustration
    Short, Sicilian pasta with a deep, curling groove for collecting sauce.
  5. Cook (or Store)
    Boil in salted water for five minutes or until all peices float. To store: Freeze on your baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a freezer bag or container. Cooks from frozen in 5-6 minutes.
    Finished Semolina Pasta on Baking Tray with FarmSteady Semolina Pasta Making Kit