Do you like pasta? If not, then maybe you do not know how to cook them deliciously, or do not know how to properly cook pasta? No wonder the Italian chefs consider pasta as one of the most delicious foods.
How correctly to cook pasta?
The following recommendations on how to cook pasta will be valid for cockleshells, horns and usual long pasta.
- The main rule for successful pasta cooking is a sufficient amount of water, not less than 1 liter per 100 grams of pasta. If the water is less, the pasta will be cooked longer, become sticky, and may completely stick together. By the way, do you know what kind of water you need to cook macaroni? Water should be clean, if you use tap water, then it should be given at least to stand. Macaroni should be put in boiling and necessarily already salty water (10 g of salt per 1 liter of water), during cooking, pasta can not be salted.
- On what fire to cook pasta? First, while waiting for the boiling of water, the fire can be the greatest. Then, putting the pasta in a saucepan and waiting for a second boil of water, the fire under the pot should be reduced.
- Long macaroni to break before cooking it is not necessary. It is better to put and in a saucepan and slightly to press on sticking out ends. Gradually the pasta will soften and plunge into the water completely. Do not cover the pan with pasta.
- How many minutes do you need to cook pasta? The cooking time depends on the quality of the pasta, and therefore is usually indicated on the pack. But to cook pasta in the way you need 2-3 minutes before the end of cooking, the product is worth a try. You may like tougher pasta.
- Wash the pasta is not recommended, just throw it back in a colander and shake it several times. If the pasta is washed, then due to a sharp temperature drop, the content of vitamins in the finished product will go down.
How to cook macaroni in a microwave oven?
If you have a need to cook macaroni in a microwave oven, then you will also need to know how to do it correctly.
- Take a deep glass container. Pour the water there 2 times more than the amount of pasta. Put the water in the microwave to boil.
- In the boiling water we put salt and macaroni, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of any vegetable oil, so that the pasta is not stuck together, and send them back to the oven.
- How many minutes to cook macaroni in the microwave? Depends on their class. Horns cook for a little longer than vermicelli. On average, the cooking time takes 10 minutes, and the specific time you need to select yourself. In order not to be mistaken over time, we cook the horns at full power, and for the vermicelli, the power is a little more.
- Finished macaroni is thrown into a colander and washed.
How correctly to cook pasta nests?
How to cook pasta nests? Of course, in a frying pan. But the nests are so good that you can prepare a delicious dish on their basis, it is enough just to prepare the filling. Therefore, it will be appropriate to consider not just how to cook pasta nests, but the recipe for a whole dish.
Ingredients:
- beef (pork) - 500 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- onion - 1 piece;
- pasta nests;
- vegetable oil;
- water;
- bouillon cube;
- ketchup;
- cheese;
- Spices and salt to taste.
Preparation
We pass meat through a meat grinder along with onions and garlic. Add the spices and salt and mix thoroughly. Lubricate the deep frying pan, lay out nests in it. In the center of each nest we lay out minced meat. Next, pour water into the frying pan to cover the pasta, and dissolve the broth cube in the water. Close the frying pan with a lid and cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes. After the water is drained, leaving a bit on the bottom, pour the pasta with ketchup, sprinkle with grated cheese and place for 5-10 minutes in a preheated oven.
How to cook rice pasta?
If there is an allergy to the protein contained in the wheat, there is macaroni only if they are rice. It is good that no additional devices are required for their cooking. All cooking rules for ordinary pasta are also valid for rice. Only the cooking time will be less, about 5-7 minutes.