| When one thinks of Italian cuisine, Pasta is what | | | | provided you know the secrets to cooking it |
| comes to mind first. Pasta cooked perfectly and with | | | | perfectly. |
| the right combination of ingredients can be an | | | | For cooking pasta first and foremost, it is important |
| absolutely mouth watering dish- a real treat for your | | | | to bring water to a boil, this would help soak the |
| taste buds. It is light on the stomach and healthy too. | | | | pasta and cook it well. The hot water would help to |
| It is a wonderful combination of flavors all packed | | | | get rid of the starch on the pasta real quick. At this |
| into one. You would discover the authentic Italian | | | | point when the starch is released, the pasta with a |
| taste one at a time as you relish spoon after spoon | | | | sticky surface tends to stick together. Stir to |
| of this treat. A heavenly dish that is both quick to | | | | prevent your pasta from sticking together. Add salt |
| make and a real delight, this is a great way to treat | | | | to the water so that your pasta has the right |
| your family and friends to an authentic Italian fare. | | | | seasoning, this would make a big difference to the |
| If you are however not sure of how to cook pasta | | | | taste. |
| you can actually be left with a clump of pasta all | | | | Some might even suggest that it would be best to |
| sticking closely to one another like a pack of great | | | | add oil to the water while cooking pasta to prevent it |
| friends. Whether you decide to have your pasta in | | | | from sticking together. However, this is best avoided. |
| red sauce, white sauce, a salad or like it baked; first | | | | It would definitely prevent your pasta from sticking |
| and foremost you need to master the technique of | | | | together but this gives the pasta an oily coating. This |
| cooking pasta. It is really simple once you know just | | | | oily coating would not let the sauce stay on the |
| how. | | | | pasta and thus, would adversely affect the taste of |
| If you have searched online for pasta recipes then | | | | your dish to a great extent. |
| you would observe that most of them start with | | | | See that the pasta is not over-cooked and cook it to |
| "cook your pasta" or "now that you have your pasta | | | | just the right consistency. Drain the pasta and add it |
| cooked and ready to begin". The recipes do not really | | | | to the prepared sauce and let it coat well (do not |
| teach you how to cook the pasta which is the very | | | | rinse in cold water) with the delicious sauce of your |
| first and most important step to a lip smacking | | | | choice. |
| delight. | | | | You could use a tomato based red sauce or your |
| When pasta is cooked in water it actually releases | | | | favorite white sauce. Combine with a good helping of |
| the starch that is present in it thus, making it bigger | | | | vegetables like broccoli and peppers to enhance the |
| in size. The water gets sticky with all the starch and | | | | nutritious value and taste of your pasta. Stir well. |
| the pasta also has a starch coating that gives it a | | | | Give it a few minutes to soak in the flavors of the |
| slimy feel. Just how to have the pasta of the right | | | | sauce, and serve hot. Bring home the flavors of your |
| texture and cooked just right is all very simple | | | | favorite Italian restaurant now right to your table. |