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Dip the pasta in boiling salted water and cook for 7-10 minutes over medium heat. The exact cooking time for pasta is always indicated on the package.
Drain the cooked pasta into a colander, put the colander in an empty saucepan and let the excess water drain. The pasta is ready.
How to cook pasta
You will need – pasta, a little oil, water, salt
- For 200 grams of pasta (about half a standard bag), pour at least 2 liters of water into a saucepan.
- Put the pot on the stove and turn on the highest heat so that the water boils as soon as possible.
- Pour pasta into boiled water.
- Add a spoonful of oil to prevent the pasta from sticking together. For experienced cooks, this step can be skipped. ?
- Add salt – a teaspoon.
- Stir the pasta so that it does not stick together and stick to the bottom of the pan.
- As soon as the water boils, stir the pasta again and mark for 7-10 minutes – during this time all ordinary pasta will cook.
- At the end of cooking, stir the pasta again and taste it – if it is soft, tasty and moderately salty, then you can finish cooking.
- Drain the pasta immediately through a colander – it is really very important that the pasta does not stick together and is crumbly.
- Shake the pasta in a colander to drain the excess water.
- To prevent the pasta from drying out in a colander, pour it back into the pot as soon as the water drains.
- Add butter.
- That’s all, fragrant hot crumbly pasta is cooked – from 200 grams of dry pasta, 450 grams of boiled pasta, or 2 adult portions, turned out.
- The garnish is ready.
Bon appetit!
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How to make pasta at home
Pasta is a simple product that anyone can make. Pasta is made from products that are usually always available at home. Most likely, you don’t even need to go to the store. Take yeast-free wheat in flour, knead in water. Knead into the dough, add seasonings, garlic and salt to taste. Roll out the dough and cut it. Let the pasta dry for about 15 minutes. The pasta is ready for cooking. ?
How to cook pasta in the microwave
Cook pasta in the microwave for 10 minutes with a water ratio of 100 grams of pasta / 200 milliliters of water. The water should completely cover the pasta. Add a tablespoon of oil, a teaspoon of salt to the container. Close the container with pasta, put it in the microwave at 500 W and cook for 10 minutes.
How to cook pasta in a slow cooker
Pour water so that it completely covers the pasta and boil it a couple of centimeters higher. Add a spoonful of butter to the pasta. The mode must be selected “steaming” or “pilaf”. Cook the pasta for 12 minutes.
Fancy facts about pasta
1. It is believed that if the pasta is not cooked for 2-3 minutes, they will be less high in calories.
2. To prevent pasta from sticking, you can add a spoonful of oil to the water and stir occasionally with a spoon.
3. Pasta is boiled in a large amount of salted water (1 tablespoon of salt per 3 liters of water).
4. Pasta is boiled in a saucepan with the lid open.
5. If you have overcooked pasta, you can rinse them under cold water (in colorant).
6. If you want to use boiled pasta for preparing a complex dish that requires further heat treatment of the pasta, undercook them a little – for exactly as many minutes as they will be cooked in the future.
7. If you cook pasta horns, cook them for 10 to 15 minutes.
8. Cook pasta tubes (penne) for 13 minutes.
9. Pasta during cooking increases by about 3 times. For two large portions of pasta for a side dish, 100 grams of pasta is enough. It is better to boil 100 grams of pasta in a saucepan with 2 liters of water.
10. Cook pasta nests for 7-8 minutes.
How to cook pasta in an electric kettle
1. Pour 2 liter of water into a 1 liter kettle.
2. Bring water to a boil.
3. Once the water boils, add the pasta (no more than 1/5 of a standard 500g bag).
4. Turn on the kettle, wait until it boils.
5. Turn on the kettle every 30 seconds for 7 minutes.
6. Drain the water from the kettle through the spout.
7. Open the teapot lid and place the pasta on a plate.
8. Immediately rinse the kettle (then there will be laziness).