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ONS
1Pound“00”Fl
our,Pl
usMor
eFor Si
f tflourontoal argeflats urf
ace,ifusi
ngamat tar
ell
oyouwi l
lneeda
30-inchby60-i nchs ur
facet orol
lonto.Wer ecommend,Balti
cbi r
ch
Dusti
ng plywoodbutal argecount ersurf
acewor ksgreataswell
.Sif
tflouronto
5Whol eFar
m Fr
eshEggs prepareds urf
aceandf or
m an8-i nch-widecir
clewithalar
gewel lint
he
center,you’l
lneedt ofit5eggsi nthemiddle.

Crackeggsi ntowellandus i
ngaf or
kwhi sktogether.Begi
ntoincorpor
ate
theflourintoeggmi xt
ure,bygent l
yflickingabout1t easpoonofflourata
ti
meintot hemi ddl
et ocombi ne.Continueincorpor
at i
ngtheflour,fli
cki
ng
thenwhisking,unti
lyou’rei
ntegratealmos thalfoftheflourandt hedough’
s
consi
stencyr es
embl esthatofpancak ebat ter
.

Usingabenchs craper,scr
aper emai ni
ngflourf r
om theworksur faceand
wor kinginacl ockwisemot i
on,cutdought othecent er
,scr
aping
under neathandl i
fti
ngt of
olddoughoveri t
self
.Scrapingunder neat hthe
mixt ure,l
if
tandf olditoveritsel
fandcuti ntoitverti
call
yafew t i
mest o
helpi ntegrat
et heflourandeggs .Continuewor kingthedoughunt ila
shaggymas sforms,2t o3mi nut
es .Kneadwi thyourhandsunt ilitformsa
roughbal l
.

Anchoringt hepor tionofthedoughcl osesttoyoufirmlytothes urf

acewith
onehand,us etheheeloft heotherhandt opus hthefarendoft hedough
awayf rom youqui ckl
yandener geti
call
y.Folditoveri
tsel
f,t
hencont i
nue
pushingitawayf r
om youus i
ngtheheel sofyourpalms.Rotatethedougha
quarterturnandr epeatt hekneadi
ng,pus hingthedoughawayt hen
fol
dingt hef urt
hes tport
ionbackoveri ts
elfandrotati
nguntilthedoughisa
compact ,s
lightlytackymas s,3to5mi nutes
.

Usi
ngt hebenchs craper,scrapeanydr ybitsofdoughf rom yourwor k
surf
aceanddi s
car d.Was h— butdonotdr y— yourhandsandcont i
nue
kneadingt hedoughbypr essi
ngi tagainstthewor ksurfaceandawayf rom
youus ingtheheelsofyourpal msandf ol
dingitoveri tselfunti
liti
s
rel
ativelysmooth,wi thas l
ightlydimpledt ext
ur e,anindicationofgluten
for
mat ion,3to5mi nutesmor e.Wr apthedought i
ghtl
yi nplasticwrap,
smoot hingoutanyai rpocketsbet weent heplas ti
cwr apandt hedough.
Setas i
det orestatr oom temper aturefor15mi nutes.

Unwr apthedoughandhal vei tcrosswiseus ingas harpkni fe.Onal ightl

y
floureds urface,kneadonepi eceofdoughener get icall
ywi thbot hhands ,
pushingt hedoughagai ns
tt hes urf
aceandawayf rom you,f oldingi tover
i
tselfthenr otatingthedoughcl ockwi seby1 -t o2-i nchincrement s,li
kethe
hourmar kingsonacl ock.Ifthedoughf eelst oodr y ,sprayitandyour
handswi thwat er,ali
ttleatat i
meever yf ew r ounds ,unt i
litlosesi t
s
dryness.(Aspr aybot tlewillbes tdistr
ibutet hel iquidevenl y
,butyoucoul d
alsodipyourhandsi ntoabowlofwat er.)Ifyouar ecl osingt her oundbal l
andfindt hati tisnots ealing,spr aythatwi that ouchofwat ertohel pit
along.Cont i
nuekneadi ngunt i
lthedoughi ss oftandsmoot hal ltheway
around,lightensi ncolorandbecomesfir mer ,3t o5mi nut es.

Wrapt hedought ightlyinplasti

cwrap,eli
minat i
nganyai rpocketsbetween
theplasti
cwr apandt hedough.Repeatt hekneadi ngprocesswi t
ht he
secondpi eceofdough.Lett hedoughballsrestatr oom t
emper atur
efor2
to3hour s(orupto48hour sintheref
riger
ator)beforeroll
ingthem outto
mak efr
eshpas ta.(Donotf reezethedough.)Ifyou'veref
riger
atedyour
dough,mak esur
et oletitfirstcomebackdownt oroom temperatureforat
l
eas t30mi nut
esbef oreremovingitfr
om it
spl asti
cwr apandr ol
li
ngitout.
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NSTRUCTI
ONSCONTI
NUED
Onal ightlyflour edwor ks urface,flat tent hedoughbal lwi t
hyourpal mto
form auni formlyt hickdi skt hati sabout6i ncheswi de.Us i
ngar oll
ingpi n
pos iti
onedatt hecent eroft hedough,r ollther oll
ingpinawayf rom you
withfir m,evenpr es sure,stretchi ngthedoughi ntoahal foval .Liftthepi n
andbr ingitbackt ot hecent erandr ollther olli
ngpi ntowar dyou,cr eati
ng
af ulloval.Rotat e90degr eesandr epeatunt ilthepas t
adoughi sa
roundeds quar et hati satl eas t20i ncheswi de— t hewi dert hebet ter,as
i
t ’
llresulti
nat hinner,mor edel icatepas ta.(EvanFunk er ecommendsr ol
li
ng
outt hedoughunt i
litisthet hicknes sof4s tack edpi ecesofpaper ,butdo
thebes tyoucan. )Cur et hepas tadoughbyl ettingi tsi
toutonyourwor k
surfaceunt i
ldryt ot het ouch,7t o10mi nutes .Flipt hepas tadoughanddr y
theot herside,anot her7t o1 0mi nutes.Whi l
eflat tenedpas t
adoughi s
cur i
ng,r ol
loutt heot herbal lofdough.Oncebot hdoughshavebeenr oll
ed
outandcur ed,foldeachpas t
adoughi nhal f,pr essgent lyalongt he
creas e,andunf old.Us ingas har pkni f
e,cutt hepas tainhal fal ongt he
creas e.

Posi
ti
onthehalf
-moon-shapedpi ecesofdoughwi ththeroundends
cl
osesttoyouandthecutendsf acingawayfrom you.Start
ingattheround
edge,fol
dthepast
aawayf rom youi n3-i
nchi
ncrement sunti
lyouhavea
l
ooseroll
.

Beginni ngatt heendofoner ol

l,usingas harpknife,squar eo t heedges
atthel ef tandr ight,discardi
ngt heunevens tr
ipatbot hends ,andcut
eachpas tarollcrosswis
ei nto1/4-inch-thi
cks tr
ips.Usingonehand,gr asp6
to8pas tastrandsi nthemi ddle.Lif
tthem o t hewor ks urfaceands haketo
unfurl.Placet hes tr
andsonacl eanwor ks ur
faceorl arges heetpani na
hori
z ont alori
ent ati
on,thengent l
yt ugthem inthecent ert oformintoa
U-shape.Repeatwi thther emainingdoughs tr
ands .Cookr ightawayor
ref
rigerat eforupt o24hour sinahi gh-sidedcont ainerlinedwi thpaper
towel sandl oos elycover ed.

Todr yyourt agl

iatell
einthet r
aditionalway ,shapet hem intones t
s :Gather
20t o25s tr
ands ,graspingthem from themi ddle,andl i
ftthem o t hewor k
surf
ace.Wi thyourot herhand,gr abt hedangl ingendscl osesttot hathand.
(You’
regr abbingt heclusterofpas t
abyoneend. )Releaseyourot herhand
andal low t
hes trandstodangl eovert het opofyourfinger s.Looselywrap
thes t
randsupandoveryourhandunt ilt
heyar ecompl etelywr apped.
Lowert henes tontot hewor ksur
faceandr eleas e.Repeatwi ththe
remainings t
rands .