Dough Preparation

1. Make a mound of the flour on a large wood cutting board. Using your fingers, create a well in the middle of the flour mound. Crack the four eggs and one egg yolk into the well and add olive oil. Mix with a fork, beating the eggs and oil first and gradually adding in flour from outside of well.

2. Push the flour from bottom to top of the mound while mixing to shape the dough. Using the palms of both hands, knead the dough. Continue until dough has an even texture and is elastic.

3. Remove dough and add flour to the cutting board. Knead dough by hand again for about six minutes.

4. Place dough in plastic wrapping and allow to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Forming Noodles

1. Use a rolling pin to roll dough out on a floured cutting board. Dough should be about 1/2 inch thick and shaped like a square or rectangle.

2. Beat egg with fork until completely smooth. Chop dough into 1 1/2 inch squares with knife.

3. Hold one of the dough squares while brushing beaten egg onto one corner.

4. Lay clean pencil on opposite corner of square. Roll the dough square diagonally back around the pencil. Push down on pasta once it is completely wrapped to seal the shape. Slide the pasta off the pencil.

5. Repeat with the remaining dough.