Udon Noodles

Photo: flickr user cotton00

Ingredients

4 cups All-purpose or whole-wheat flour

1 teaspoon Salt

1 Egg yolk

1/2 cup to ⅔ cup cold wa ter

Preparation

Sift flour and salt together into a large bowl. Add the egg yolk and enough cold water to make a stiff dough. Knead thoroughly. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it stand for 30 minutes.

Sprinkle a board and rolling pin with additional flour. Roll out the dough until it is paper-thin. Fold the dough into a long, loose roll and cut it crosswise into strips, 1/10 inch wide. When unrolled, the dough strips should be at least 12 inches long.

Cook for three or four minutes in boiling salted water.