How and how much to cook pasta in a saucepan, microwave and multivark?

If you do not remember how you tried to cook pasta in your childhood by throwing them in cold water, then you definitely were a very gifted child or just do not want to remember this bad experience and feelingdisappointment. The lesson about the fact that the paste is put only in the already boiled water, in order to avoid porridge, most of us have learned a long time ago, but still: how much to cook pasta and how to make a delicious pasta, and not a quick dinner that will upset yoursecond half?

Even before cooking

The taste and presentability of the ready-made dish will depend more on what kind of pasta you buy than on how and with what you prepare them. A quality product can be served with olive oil and a sprig of basil, and this will already be an incredibly tasty full-fledged dish. And how many hassles you can save yourself by buying good pasta, you can read a little lower.

So, what should you look for? The most qualitative and, by the way, useful are macaroni from durum wheat. They will cost a little more expensive, but if you think about how tasty and comfortable they are in cooking, the difference does not seem so big.

The advice of

It's easy to check the manufacturer's honesty: a paste made of durum wheat will not give a lot of starch into the water when cooking, that is, the water will not be very turbid, it will not crumble and break with little impact, and it will practically not stick together! Believe me, having bought such a product once, you will forget about absolutely cheap analogues of class B.

Tricks in the process of

The basis of the basics we have learned: we throw macaroni only in boiling water. But what to do then, or, conversely, before that? Most people know about how to properly cook pasta, at this point exhausted. But in fact, for an ideal, and most importantly, a problem-free paste, not so much is needed.

• Choose a saucepan at the rate of 1 liter per 100 grams of paste. In a close saucepan, a large portion of even the best and most qualitative macaroni will be forced to stick together or stick to the bottom, unless you continuously stir them during the whole cooking.
• Salt the water before loading the paste: throw the salt in the pan to the pasta, if you forgot to do it in advance, is not prohibited by law, but contradicts the postulates of preparing the right dish.
• Do not cover the pasta with a lid: during cooking, the water still does not have time to boil, but if you close the pan, the liquid may well "run away."
• It's hard to say how long it takes to cook pasta, because everyone likes a different degree of welding, as in the case of steak frying. For traditional Italian "al dente", a bit firm inside, it will be enough for 8 minutes, and lovers of well-brewed pasta should be guided by 12. In any case, paste should be tried: only so you will be sure that it is really ready.
• By the way, you can add oil to the water when cooking, as Italians do: pasta does not stick together, and the taste of butter does not dampen the taste of the dish, as it does when you add butter after cooking.
• No need to rush: it is better to boil the pasta on a moderate or low heat after the water re-boil already with the paste in it.
• At the same time, if you took a large enough pot and bought a good pasta, you only need to interfere with it in the beginning to separate the macaroni.
• After you have cooked the pasta, it is better not to drain the water from the pan, but immediately throw the paste back to the colander. You will only need to rinse the paste, unless you follow the advice on buying quality products. When the water drains, the pasta is poured back into the pan or into a skillet with the addition of butter or sauce.
• Perfect paste ready!

tip If you use pasta in a complex dish with further frying or baking, boil them half of the specified time. These methods can also save you a bit of time: the cooking time in this case is reduced by 2-3 minutes.

Alternative to the saucepan

If you do not have the pots at hand, but you really want the pasta, you can use modern methods of cooking with the participation of technology.

• Microwave.

You can weld pasta not only in a saucepan, but also in a microwave. All the rules are the same, but only the glass container is needed, since metal can not be placed in the microwave oven. After 9 minutes at a power of 800 W, the pasta will be ready.

• Multivark.

Instructions on how to cook pasta in a multivarquet, is not too different from the version with a microwave: the technique will do everything for you. The only thing is that you need less water for cooking in the multivark: it should cover the paste only for 1-2 centimeters. Add the oil, set the mode "Pilaf" or "Pasta", and after 9-12 minutes you will get the ready dish. And nothing needs to be drained and washed!

There is nothing difficult to prepare a paste, and yet with our advice, you will be one step closer to perfect pasta. Now it's up to you and practice!

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