Preparing/Storing freshly made noodles/pasta

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We picked up a noodle maker recently – it mixes dough than extrudes noodles kinda like this

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I figure I could prepare a large batch – and store it somehow.

What's a good way to store home made noodles? Precooking is fine (the 'proper' cooking time for this is about 6 minutes.) though I'd much rather not dust it with flour if there's any alternative to that.

Freezing would be awesome especially if we could avoid dusting it with flour.

A few days would be fine. A week's better.

Best Answer

I spread on a floured plate in one layer (usually multiple plates), place in freezer, then, when frozen, move to freezer bags. You may have to tap plate on counter (I use plastic plates) to loosen pasta that may have frozen to plate. It will last at least a month in the freezer in this state. When ready to cook, simply put in boiling water directly from freezer.