Homemade Sorpresine Pasta (little surprises)
Sorpresine, meaning little surprises, are an easy hand folded pasta shape to make at home. Made from folding squares of fresh egg pasta dough, it's a fun kitchen project for a weekend afternoon.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 x batch of my homemade pasta dough
Instructions
- Make sure you look at all the step-by-step photos above for the folding.
- Roll out a sheet of pasta dough (follow my rolling guide in the pasta dough recipe). Roll to setting 6 or 7 on a marcato machine.
- Cut into 4cm (1 ½ inch squares) If they dry out too quickly then keep them under a slightly damp tea towel.
- Bring two opposite points up to meet and pinch together firmly.
- Bring the other two points together on the opposite side to the already pinched points (the photos will help here!).
- Use your thumbs to press in the middle to help bring the last points together.
- Pinch both the top and bottom firmly to keep intact.
- Place the finished shapes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and loosely covered with plastic wrap.
- Cook in a large pot of well salted water for 2 - 3 minutes and add straight into your sauce of choice.