Homemade Udon noodles w Philips Pasta Maker
Serving Size
3 to 6 persons
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
15 minutes
Total Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients for 600g flour (for 5 to 6 people)
- 540g cake flour/plain flour (T45)
- 12g gluten
- 48g katakuriko/potato starch
- 216ml water
Ingredients for 500g flour (for 4 to 5 people)
- 450g cake flour/plain flour (T45)
- 10g gluten
- 40g katakuriko/potato starch
- 180ml water
Ingredients for 400g (for 3 to 4 people)
- 360g cake flour/plain flour (T45)
- 8g gluten
- 32g katakuriko/potato starch
- 144ml water
Instructions
- 1. Mix dry ingredients (plain flour, gluten flour, katakuriko/potato starch) in a bowl. Transfer to the "Philips Pasta Maker" equipped with the udon extrusion disc. Close lid.
- 2. Turn the machine on and set it for the quantity you're going to be making. Press Start.
- 3. Slowly pour water through the opening in the lid.
- 4. Udon dough will begin to form and udon noodle will come out within a few minutes (3 min). Cut the first udon noodles at about 10cm length and put them back in the machine's mixing tank. That's because the first soba is not smooth enough :-)
- 5. The noodles will be extruded. Now cut the udon every 30~35cm.
- 6. Toss the udon noodles with a little bit of flour or katakuriko/potato starch to prevent sticking.
- 7. Repeat until the machine stops or the dough is finished!
- Serve with hot soup or cold or for stir-fry :)
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Which one is the udon extrusion disk? Do they only sell that in japan?
Hi! Indeed I got the Udon disc (left on the picture) from Philips Japan, not without pain actually… But before that I was using the Fettuccine disc (right on the pic) and it works alright too.
Would you have any pics of how they looked with your fettuccine disk?
I am afraid I don’t have pictures as I have now been using the udon disk for a while… Sorry m(_ _)m
Do you mind sharing how you went about getting the disc from Philips Japan? I would really like to try to purchase it. Thanks in advance.
It was kind of a struggle as they don’t sell it in France :
#1 I called Philips support in Japan (in Japanese) who – at first – refused to help saying they are not sure it would fit my european Philips Pasta Maker. They finally accepted to sell it to me (and it fits very well). They shipped it to my mom (in Japan) who then sent it to us overseas… So not straightforward.
Now there are alternatives :
#2 from amazon.com tho right now they have… no stock https://amzn.to/37qgcoM
#3 from etsy, not the official goods and it ships from vietnam but looks really great (i havent tried them) https://www.etsy.com/listing/656471814/philips-pasta-disc-big-round-spaghetti
Good luck whichever way you choose. Let me know how it went!
Hi, can you tell me what is gluten flour?
It is a protein component of wheat flour that gives more elasticity and fluffiness to the dough. You can find it at the grocer’s or online (eg. https://amzn.to/3l8NDTs ).
I find the flour sold in France is lower in gluten than the one I used to buy in Japan or HK. So I recommend adding gluten in this case.
Thank you for the quick reply. Can I use bread flour instead which has a higher gluten?
At the beggining I tried with bread flour (as they have a higher gluten indeed), but I liked the udon more making with cake flour…
My wife has been trying to get the udon disk shown in your photo. Do you have the part number from your order to Philips Japan?
Thank you for your help and time.
Hi, This is the description that Philips Support used when they invoiced me : 製麺キャップ 2.5㎜角麺
I hope this helps!
How long would you cook these noodles? All the recipes I see tell me to “cook according to package directions” before adding it to the ramen base.
First it really depends on each one’s taste. In some restaurants in Asia they even ask you if you want your noodles hard, medium or soft. The cooking time also depends on the thickness of the noodles or the udon. Personally I like noodles on the al dente side, and for udon I probably cook them 6 to 10 min.
In the end the surest way is to pull out one noodle and try it to see if it is ready or not. Hope it helps!