

As long as you continuously dust the outside generously with tapioca starch as you push it through the pasta rollers, it's still easy to work with. Homemade gluten-free almond flour pasta dough doesn't have the same elasticity of a gluten-filled dough. Alternatively, dump it all in a stand mixer until combined. Just whisk the flours together, whisk the eggs together in a well in the center, slowly incorporating the flour until it forms a dough. You don't have to do that for homemadegluten-free pasta because you use tapioca and sweet rice flour to bind the flours together. Traditional fresh pasta dough that has to rest before you roll it out to develop the gluten. Gluten-free fresh pasta is so easy to make and so much more delicious than store-bought pasta. Instead, keep the dough softer but dust it generously with tapioca starch. If you increase the ratio of almond flour, the oils from the nuts are extracted out as the pasta rolled try to squeeze the dough through them. If you've ever made homemade pasta before, you'll notice that the dough for this gluten-free almond flour pasta is much softer and sticker than traditional wheat pasta dough. Sweet rice flour gives it the pliability and chewy texture reminiscent of traditional semolina wheat pasta. They work together to bind the pasta together. That's where tapioca flour/starch and sweet rice flour come in as the magic super hero sidekicks. Even if you'd managed to form noodles, they'd likely crumble into pieces in the boiling water. Almond flour alone is brittle and difficult to make into homemade pasta.

This pasta uses three of my pantry staples: almond flour, tapioca flour/starch, and sweet rice flour.Ībsolutely! Pasta made with almond flour is packed with protein and much more nutritious than traditional pasta. That's where I've got you covered - with my recipe filter, you can sort recipes by gluten-free flour type(s) to use up whatever bag of Bob’s Red Mill flour you’ve got in your pantry! Once you've stocked your pantry with a few of the basic flours, you can make almost anything. If you're new to gluten-free baking and cooking, it can feel daunting (and pricey) to buy multiple bags of gluten-free flours for just one recipe. I find the flavors more exciting and textures more appealing. While those certainly have their place (I love Bob's Red Mill's gluten-free all-purpose blend), I love creating gluten-free recipes that celebrate the flours that they're made of with a flour blend tailored to the texture of the specific thing I'm making. Many gluten-free recipes online simply call for any generic gluten-free all-purpose flour. So far this year, I've made gluten-free pop tarts with strawberry jam and gluten-free matcha crepe cake and now I'm balance out the sweet with this savory fresh pasta.

This homemade gluten-free almond flour pasta is the third recipe in a year-long partnership with Bob’s Red Mill. If you're making plans to serve a special mama something delicious for Mother's Day, this pasta would top my list. These kids have no idea how good they've got it. That is, until she tasted it and changed her tune. In the meantime, I'm thinking of getting her a shirt that reads, "don't put that in my lunch." to save her the hassle of commanding me whenever I serve her unfamiliar food.īut this pasta! It's basically grown-up toddler food! I fed her the fanciest restaurant-quality homemade. I served cacio e pepe with this homemade gluten-free almond flour pasta for dinner on Sunday and my three-year-old took one look at it and, without skipping a beat, instructed, "don't put that in my lunch tomorrow."Įxcuse me - come again? She followed it up with, "I don't like that pasta." The girl hadn't even tasted the pasta, but she's three now, which means being contrary is her only job for the next 284 days until she's four. This post is sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill, a year-long partner of Snixy Kitchen Tender eggy noodles with a silken texture and an ever-so-slightly sweet flavor notes.

This homemade gluten-free almond flour pasta is a perfect neutral pasta to top with your favorite sauce.
