Expert: Ralph Onesti - 9/3/2011

Question
http://www.ehow.com/how_5162701_make-japanese-ramen-noodles.html

I want to try out this recipie, but I have no idea how it means to 'fold' the raw noodles. I dont want them to glue together and ruin the batch.

Answer
Hi Livy:

I went to the recipe you sent.

It all looks really straight forward for noodles of any kind.

However, I failed to see the word "fold" anywhere.

OK...that being determined...in making noodles, a trick to cutting them is to roll up the dough, after you have rolled it out flat, like a jelly roll. OR...you can fold the rolled out dough over several times.

This all facilitates cutting. So...after you roll out the dough, you flour it a bit so it doesn't stick, roll or fold it up, slice it to the thickness you want, then unroll, or unfold the strips.

You won't "glue" them together that way, I promise. It's just another way of slicing up the noodles.

Good luck,

Ralph