What a dish, as much as pasta, would all the guests agree? No !
Children as parents, gourmets as gourmands, whimsical as simplistic, everyone succumbs to a delicious pasta dish.
Did you know that pasta, today the star of Italian cuisine, was invented in China? Tagliatelle, spaghetti, linguine, lasagna and also egg noodles, rice pasta, gluten-free pasta … there are a multitude of types of pasta … and endless ways to prepare a pasta dish. ATlearn to vary the pleasure!
Okay, you can serve your pasta with a simple quality olive oil, especially if it is very good pasta, but you can also prepare it with a sauce. As for sauces, there is plenty to do: with meat, vegetables, sardines, cream, tomato, cheese …
So twist your pasta recipes, master not only "la bolo" or "la carbo", but also become pasta chef with our pasta recipes, all more enticing than the others.
The art of pasta cooking
But before cooking them, we will have to cook them. And know it, the cooking of the pasta, so that it is perfect, does not support it more or less.
1- It takes a lot of water to cook the pasta. And as the water may rise during cooking, do not fill your pan to the brim, leave 1/4 height high … Level quantity, remember the following rule: 1 liter of water per 100g of pasta. Yes, we warned you, you need a lot of water.
2- In the cooking water, what do we put? Salt, 10 g per liter. It is mandatory because it allows the pasta to hold better. The ideal would also be to add it after boiling. And no oil: it's useless since oil and water do not mix … On the other hand, if you want to you can add spices.
3- Cooking is carried out on a high heat, stirring from time to time, without a lid and it is imperative to respect the time indicated on the package, otherwise you will end up with overly hard pasta (= undercooked) or otherwise too sticky, waterlogged and soft (= overcooked). the best is often to taste them.
4- It is better to drain the pasta with a skimmer than to empty the pan in a colander. In fact, there is gluten in the water which would cause the pasta to clump together.
5- Add a drizzle of olive oil so that the pasta does not stick together. And you can taste or reserve your pasta while making their accompanying sauce.
6- Pasta can be prepared in advance, that's good news! In this case, you will need to pre-cook them 2/3 of the time indicated on the package. Then cover them and put them in the refrigerator once cooled. Before tasting them, you will immerse them for 30 s to 1 min in a pan of boiling water.
Now that cooking pasta has no secrets for you, discover our pasta recipes to satisfy gourmets and impress gourmets.
And if you really don't want to break your head, try one of our one-pot recipes.