Measure out about a cup of flour into a bowl and add a pinch of salt.

Use a fork to mix in the salt and make a small well in the center.

Add the olive oil and the egg.

Use your fork to lightly mix the egg and olive oil and gradually incorporate the flour.

Start adding water, a tablespoon or two at a time, mixing to incorporate.

On the counter, knead the dough at least 300 strokes; the dough will be smooth.

Wrap in plastic, and place in the fridge for at least an hour.

When your ready to roll and cut, warm the dough for an hour.

Attach your pasta machine to the counter and lay out several clean dish towels.

Adjust the pasta machine to the widest setting. Divide the dough into four pieces, and, working one piece at a time, run your dough through the pasta machine. Run the dough through, fold it in thirds, turn it 90°, and run it through again.

Adjust your pasta machine to the next setting and run the dough through again. Lightly dust with flour if the dough wants to stick. Continue doing this until you have the dough as thin as you want.

Run the pasta through the cutter and place the pasta on the towels to dry.

Cooking the pasta. Basically, you boil up homemade pasta like any other pasta, except it cooks much faster.