Quick and Easy Egg Drop Pasta

Ingredients:

1 egg
2 1/2 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Separate the egg.
Beat the egg white until frothy.

Add the egg yolk, and beat for a minute longer.

Continue mixing,  add salt, and slowly add the flour.

Fill a pot with about 6 cups of water, and bring to boil.
Pour the batter slowly, in a a steady stream, into the boiling water, while mixing the water with a wooden spoon. (I tilt my bowl of batter over the boiling pot of water, and using a teaspoon, I release down about 1/2 teaspoon drops of the batter into the water, and mix the water with a wooden spoon from time to time, until all the batter is used up).

Boil for a minute, so all the pasta comes up to the top.
Strain through a colander, and serve.

That is all there is to this process. It takes only a few minutes, and your pasta is done.  This pasta is very light in texture.

If you decide to try it for a breakfast meal,  add 1 teaspoon of butter to the cooked pasta, garnish with fruit syrup, or mix in fruit jelly, and enjoy.

You can also cook this pasta in 2 cups of boiling milk rather than water, add 1 tablespoon of sugar or honey, and serve it as a hot cereal for breakfast, or as a light supper.  This usually was our breakfast during cold winter months.

Suburban Grandma