Tag: pasta
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Pasta Cooked In Broth
The ultimate in comfort food, this pasta in broth recipe is example of how a few ingredients can make an amazing meal. I recently made a big batch of Italian chicken stockand used 2 cups of it below. I brought them to the boil and then added 1 cup of pasta. I reduced the heat…
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Pasta: Rigatoni
Rigatoni, Italian for long lined shapes, are tubular in shape and hold onto pasta sauce perfectly just like their thinner cousins, Penne. It is primarily sold dried (pasta secca) and is available everywhere. Here I have bathed it in a cheese and water cream: And here it is with a beef ragu: Enjoy, PK Here…
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Pasta: Maccheroni, Macaroni
Macaroni is a short, hollow pasta shape. The curved version is also know as elbow pasta outside Italy. It is great in soups, salads and pairs well with both heavy and light sauces. It is primarily sold dried (pasta secca) but I like to make it using my Philips Pasta And Noodle Maker. Like most…
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Pasta: Penne
Penne, Italian for pens, is a relatively new pasta shape but is popular world-wide. They are tubular in shape and hold sauce like no other. It is primarily sold dried (pasta secca) and available everywhere. Here I am making Penne al Baffo. It is a saucy delight of cream and tomato paste. Enjoy and sorry…
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Pasta: Conchigliette, Conchiglie and Conchiglioni
I find conchigliette (aka small shell pasta) perfect for thin sauces/emulsions, soups and salads. This includes light meat sauces such as the slow cooked lamb shank and vegetable broth I show below. Their ridges and shell shape grip and hold the sauce for that perfect mouthful. The next size up is called conchiglie and is…
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Pasta: Pappardelle
Pappardelle is a long flat pasta shape that is perfect for twisting around your fork, trapping sauce as you go. Its narrower cousin Tagliatelle is similar in length and use. I like to make my own, about 55cm long and 1.8cm wide, using my Philips Pasta And Noodle Maker. The machine imparts a roughness perfect…
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Pasta: Farfalle
Farfalle is an amazing versitile pasta shape. It is perfect for cream, light tomato sauces and even soup. I like to make my own by rolling out freshly made pasta sheets and cutting them into small rectangles. Then I roughen the sides with a knife and pinch them in the middle to get that classic…
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Pasta: Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle is a long flat pasta shape that is perfect for twisting around your fork, trapping sauce as you go. Its wider cousin Pappardelle is similar in length and use. I like to make my own, about 55cm long and 1cm wide, using my Philips Pasta And Noodle Maker. The machine imparts a roughness perfect…
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Pasta: Fusilli
Fusilli is an excellent pasta shape for light sauces. It’s helix shape sucks in and holds the sauce. I like to make my own using my Philips Pasta And Noodle Maker. Here is a 15 minute ready meal if you make a simple tomato sauce using passata, before hand and freeze it. Boil the pasta…
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Tomato Passata Pasta: 15 Minute Meals
This simple tomato passata pasta is a tasty example of 15 minute meal. 🙂 The trick to making dinner in under 15 minutes is to minimise the so called “rules” you must follow for a dish and instead cook by feel. I simply brought a pot of water to the boil whilst I heated a…
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