Homemade Spinach Pasta

1. Stage

Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

2. Stage

Combine water and ice in a bowl. Preheat a skillet over medium heat; add spinach. Cook, stirring continuously, until spinach turns bright green, about 30 seconds. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

3. Stage

Plunge into ice water bath; remove when spinach is lukewarm. Squeeze out excess moisture with cheesecloth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

4. Stage

Combine spinach, eggs, olive oil, and salt in a food processor; blend until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

5. Stage

Add flour; blend until dough no longer sticks to the blades, adding flour as needed. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

6. Stage

Roll dough into a ball; wrap in plastic wrap. Rest at room temperature for 20 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

7. Stage

Remove plastic wrap from dough. Transfer to a work surface generously dusted with flour; cut dough into 4 pieces with a sharp knife. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

8. Stage

Roll out dough with a rolling pin to 1/4-inch thickness; shape into rectangles. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

9. Stage

Dust pasta maker rollers with flour. Run the dough rectangles through a pasta maker on the widest setting. Repeat rolling dough through rollers, gradually reducing the setting to desired thickness. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

10. Stage

Change the pasta maker's attachment to the preferred noodle shape; cut pasta with the pasta maker. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

11. Stage

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Lower pasta gently into water; use a spoon to keep noodles from sticking together. Cook until pasta is firm but soft, 3 to 6 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio

12. Stage

Remove from the water with tongs; transfer to a bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studio