You do need to knead the dough like bread until the dough is elastic enough
to go through the pasta machine rollers without tearing.

Pasta dough is pretty stiff compared to bread dough, but it does need enough
liquid to be soft enough to be workable in the machine. Many people let the
kneaded dough rest, covered, for an hour before rolling - other say this
isn't necessary if you use a pasta machine (vs rolling it out by hand).

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"Oscar" > wrote in message
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> This is my first post, hi. I just got a pasta maker for Christmas. I
> was wondering if anybody can help me out with pasta making? After you
> mix the eggs and flour, do you knead the dough like bread dough or do
> you just kind of roll it around and make it a big lump or something.
> Last time I kneaded it like bread dough and it didn't work very well,
> it would kind of bubble up when I put it through the rollers. Can
> anyone help me? Thanks.