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Orecchiette

Did you know orecchiette means little ears because they resemble an ear shape👂

Orecchiette is usually made with semolina dough - see my Semolina Dough video for the full dough making & rolling into ropes process! 

There’s a few ways to make orecchiette- you can either press your thumb into the little piece of dough or you can use a tool to press down & almost scrape the dough to become rough on the outside, making it easier to create the rounded shape

I like to use a knife when shaping orecchiette, I find it easier to do it with a tool that has a sharper edge to get that nice scrape that you want to be able to hand form your pasta into orecchiette 

Dough Recipe:
1 cup fine semolina flour, plus more for kneading
100ml warm water 

To Make the Pasta Dough:
Make a well with your flour on a clean, flat surface or in a bowl
Add warm water into your well & Pull flour into your well a little at a time until it resembles a batter & move to a flat surface if using a bowl
Once it starts forming into a ball, start hand kneading (TIP: A Dough scraper can be very helpful with initial kneading)
Kneading motion is folding top over itself, pressing down with heel of hand & then rotating at 90 degrees, repeating this pattern throughout the process
Knead for 5-8 minutes, adding flour a little at a time until no longer sticky. Dough will be ready when it is smooth & bounces back with a gentle finger poke. Form into a round ball & cover (with plastic wrap or bowl)

To Roll Out & Form by Hand:
Cut dough ball in half
Roll each half (without flour) into a thick rope, cutting in half again if needed
Roll until your desired thickness (~1/2in-1in) & flour your pasta
Cut into small cubes the same thickness as your rope
From here you can keep as is (little pillows) or roll into a rounded ball
Using a knife, start at one edge of the dough & apply medium pressure (not too soft and not too hard) so that there’s a small amount of dough under your knife, and drag it from one end to the other
Your dough should be a shell shape
Turn the dough inside out & shape it around the tip of your thumb to create the rounded shape


Orecchiette

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