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I enjoy making noodles but I often have trouble developing the gluten. Anyone have thoughts on how to do this without spending an hour working/resting the dough?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

For pasta, I just mix a bulk restaurant flour (~10% gluten) 2:1 with egg, knead until incorporated and smooth, then tightly wrap and let rest for at least twenty minutes before rolling and cutting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm nowhere near a good enough baker/pasta maker to comment on ratios and how to adjust your recipes, techniques and such, but you could possibly try adding a bit of vital wheat gluten to up the gluten even higher

At the end of the day though, I don't think there's really any getting around the process of kneading and resting and such other than using a stand mixer to do some of the hard work for you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You could try a stand mixer. I dont think there's a way to develop gluten without kneeding

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You could try substituting bread flour. It has more protein than all-purpose flour, therefore develops gluten faster with less working and resting. But I make hand-pulled noodles from all-purpose flour with 15 minutes of working. I can tell when the dough is ready by how it stretches when I twist it.

Don't use cake flour. It's a lower protein flour that is designed to not make much gluten.