Some people show their love with gifts or words of affirmation, I show it with homemade pasta. I got this recipe from the blog The Clean Eating Couple. The owner of the website has tons of great recipes, you should definitely check it out-i’ll link her blog post here. The only thing I changed from Liz’s recipe is I like to use half white flour and half whole wheat. Either way, it’s delicious! Cavatelli is the perfect place to start if you want to make homemade pasta. You don’t need any fancy machinery, just a simple pasta board you can get for $9.00 on Amazon. This would be a great recipe to make with your family if you’re looking for fun things to do together! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 1 lb whole milk ricotta
• 2 cups white flour
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• ½ tbsp salt
• 2/3 cup water
• A cavatelli pasta board (8$ on amazon, i’ll link the one I use here) 

Directions:

• Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. At first the dough will be sticky but work the dough squeezing it together for about 2 minutes.
• After the dough is formed into a ball, turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for another 1-2 minutes. This helps the dough to become smoother.
• Set dough aside and add more flour to your surface.
• Take about 2 tbsps. of dough and roll into a thin strip, about ½ inch thick.
• Using a scissor or knife, cut the strips into small balls (smaller than a dime).
• Toss the balls with flour and then use the pasta tool to shape balls into cavatelli shapes. Form the shapes by pressing and rolling the balls down onto the pasta shaper.
• Place the cavatelli on a floured baking sheet as you’re making them-shaking the sheet every few minutes to make sure they’re not sticking to one another.
• Put the cavatelli on the baking sheet in the freezer for 1 hour.
• When the cavatelli are frozen, pour them into a mesh strainer. Shake the excess flour off of them.
• Store in a Ziplock bag or container in the freezer until ready to eat.
• When you’re ready to cook the pasta, boil salted water in a pot. Add cavatelli to boiling water and cook for about 4-5 minutes, or until cavatelli float to the top of the pot.
• Add sauce of your choosing & enjoy!