Homemade Pasta

My first incredible gluten-free pasta experience was at Giada’s restaurant in Las Vegas.  It was so incredible that we ate there two days in a row, and we were only there for a long weekend! The pasta was made from scratch in their kitchen, and my family devoured it. A few years later, I found that Giada posted the simple recipe and named the gluten-free flour they use in her restaurants. And so began my family’s love affair with making Homemade Gluten Free Pasta.  

Just Two Ingredients

My family tried making pasta many times over the years. We tried countless variations of flour blends. The ratios of flour, eggs, oil, and water were also adjusted and some versions worked better than others. It turns out that we only needed two simple ingredients to make fantastic Gluten Free Homemade Pasta. Cup4Cup brand gluten-free flour and eggs. That’s it! Okay, I use a little salt and water to boil the pasta, but that doesn’t really count does it? In 2024 I tested Carol's gluten-free Flour with this recipe and the results are outstanding. I have not found any other store-bought flour blends that create this quality of homemade pasta with this recipe.

About the Flour

As I mentioned above, the type of flour you use matters. I tried this same recipe with several other gluten-free flour blends, and it just doesn’t turn out as well. Some turned out kinda icky.  So do your taste buds a favor and pick up some Cup4Cup or Carol's gluten-free flour for this recipe. Both are available on Amazon. 

How to Make Homemade Gluten Free Pasta

Make a mound of gluten-free flour blend on a clean counter or in a large mixing bowl and make a large well in the center. Crack 4 whole eggs and one egg yolk into the center of the flour. Sprinkle with a little salt. Use a fork to beat the eggs while bringing a little flour from the sides into the mixture. Continue to bring more and more flour into the center.  

Eventually, the sides will collapse, and the eggs will start to spill out.  Just use your hands or a pastry scraper to pull it all together. A crumbly mixture will begin to form, then begin to knead the dough with your hands until a soft ball forms. Now you will have some fantastic pasta dough on your hands, to roll and cut, or shape however you please!  

My Rustic Cut Pasta

I like to cut the ball of dough into 4 pieces and work with one at a time, leaving the remainder wrapped in plastic. This makes the process more manageable and faster. You will need a little more flour for your work surface and to dust the dough to keep it from becoming too sticky.  I use a rolling pin and roll the dough as thin as I possibly can. Maybe a 1/16th of an inch thick, or roughly the thickness of a few sheets of paper. When this dough is boiled, it expands a lot, so you want it as thin as possible. 

Then I use a pizza cutter to make strips of pasta. It doesn’t matter if the lines are straight or evenly spaced. That is all the aesthetic, and frankly, I like the way a rustic, rough-cut pasta looks. The important thing is to roll every sheet of pasta out evenly to the same thickness.  

Endless Pastabilities

You can use a hand-crank pasta maker or attachments on a stand mixer to roll and cut the dough evenly if you prefer. There are all kinds of contraptions available to shape the dough differently by hand or machine. This dough is pliable, soft, and elastic enough to use with every pasta-making tool I have tried. You can find my recipe and instructions for making ravioli and other pastas with this Homemade Gluten Free Pasta on Gluten Free & More Magazine's website and in the May/June 2025 Issue.

Sauce it Up!

This Homemade Gluten Free Pasta is so delicious that you may just want to drizzle it with olive oil and sprinkle some freshly grated parmesan on top. That’s how my son likes it. Jarred sauce will always work too. Also check out my Basil Awesome Sauce, which is a lighter take on a basil pesto, my homemade Meat Sauce, or sub this pasta in my Pasta with Bacon and Peas. 

Homemade Gluten Free Pasta

Only two ingredients to make unbelievably delicious Homemade Gluten Free Pasta. No special equipment required either!

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories:

Ingredients  

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• 2 cups Carol's or Cup4Cup brand gluten-free flour - plus extra for rolling
• 5 eggs - Updated from 4 to 5 in 2025
• 1 egg yolk
• salt to taste
• 1 recipe Meat Sauce

Instructions

• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and dust lightly with flour.  Set this aside near your work surface for making the pasta.
• Create a mound of flour then make a large well in the middle.  Pour all of the eggs, the egg yolk and the salt in the well.
• Use a fork to break up and beat the eggs in the center while gradually pulling in flour from the sides.  Continue to gradually bring more and more flour into the egg mixture until it is all combined well.  If the eggs manage to break through the mound of flour, no need to worry, just do your best to pull it all together until a ball of dough forms.
• Work the dough with your hands until a soft ball of dough comes together.  Cut the dough into 4 roughly even pieces.  Work with one quarter at a time while keeping the rest covered in plastic.
• Dust the surface of a clean & dry countertop, a rolling pin, and all sides of the ball of dough with gluten-free flour.  Use the rolling pin to roll the dough into a rectangular shape.  Lift the dough and continue to dust with flour as you roll it out to prevent sticking. 
• Once rolled as thin as possible.  I try to roll it to the thickness of a few sheets of paper.  Then take a sharp paring or chef’s knife or pizza cutter and cut long strips approximately ¼-½ inch wide across the dough. This is rustic so don’t worry about cutting perfectly straight lines.
• Pile the cut pasta on the floured parchment paper and dust lightly with additional flour if it is sticky.
• Continue rolling and cutting the remaining dough until all dough is rolled and cut. 
• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil.  Carefully transfer all of the pasta into the boiling water and gently stir with a spoon to prevent sticking.  Let boil for 1-3 minutes (depends on the thickness of the pasta). 
• Check for doneness, remove the pasta with tongs and place directly into your preferred warmed sauce to coat the pasta and serve.  Or plate and drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper and fresh grated parmesan cheese.