Homemade ramen noodles

Method

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   Noodles differ from our fresh pasta in texture and colour because of the baked bicarbonate of soda. The original preparation is simple: I put 50 grams of bicarbonate of soda on a baking tray, bake at 120°C for 1 hour and leave to cool. I store what I do not use in a glass jar. I prepared it the day before.

   

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   I dissolve the baked bicarbonate in the water and wait a few minutes. I put the flour in a bowl and add the water.

   

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   I stir with a spoon; do not use your hands until the water has been absorbed.

   

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   The dough should be rather ragged. I rub it between my hands, then tip it onto the worktop.

   

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   I now knead by hand for around ten minutes, wrap the dough in cling film and leave to rest for 10 minutes.

   

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   I knead again for 10 minutes and leave to rest. Then I knead again and leave for another half-hour, still wrapped in cling film, before kneading again until smooth and no longer sticky.

   

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   If you have followed the quantities, you will not need more flour. I flatten the dough with a rolling pin so it fits into the pasta machine.

   

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   I pass it repeatedly through the rollers on their widest setting until smooth.

   

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   I divide the dough into three equal pieces and roll again, narrowing the rollers but leaving the sheets about 3 mm thick, as for tagliolini. They should remain fairly thick. I pass through the cutting rollers to form noodles.

   

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    I spread the noodles on the worktop without piling them up and leave to dry. I made mine in the morning for the evening.

    

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    To use in ramen, boil them in lightly salted water.

    

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    Rinse briefly under cold water before adding to the boiling stock with all the accompaniments.

    

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    Here they are in a lovely chicken ramen; the recipe is on the blog.

    

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