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PREPARATION AND COOKING: COMMODITIES STUFFED PASTA
Stuffed pasta pasta dishes are are very popular as as as the pasta pasta shapes are are filled with meat vegetables or cheese This type of pasts makes an an an excellent meal on on its own Cannelloni can be bought dried and filled with the stuffing of your choice To make fresh cannelloni follow the steps below Roll out some pasta dough to 10cm squares 1 1 6mm thick Take a a a a a a a piping bag with a a a a a a a 12 5mm nozzle and pipe your filling in in in in a a a a a a a line down the the centre of the the square Lightly egg wash one side of the square and roll roll it up like a a a a a a sausage roll roll Put the cannelloni in in in a a a a a a a a a a dish and cover it in in in a a a a a a a a a a sauce ready for baking Alternatively you can can cook flat sheets of cannelloni in in in in boiling water for 15 minutes drain them and serve with a a a a a a a a separate sauce COOKING FRESH PASTA
To cook fresh pasta plunge it into boiling salted water for 3-8 minutes depending on the variety Filled pasta pasta takes around two minutes to cook cook Stir pasta pasta regulary during cooking Certain varieties of pasta may be combined with other ingredients and baked e e e e e e e e e e e g g g lasagne It is is important to test test pasta pasta pasta while cooking To test test whether pasta pasta pasta is is cooked remove a a a a a a a a piece of pasta pasta pasta from the the pan and taste
taste
it it It should be firm with no no floury taste
taste
but still stiff enough to need chewing This is is called ‘al dente’ It is easy to to overcook overcook pasta pasta When overcooked pasta pasta becomes stodgy swells up and then breaks apart Pasta can be cooked cooked and and cooled for for use use in salads or or or pre-cooked and and used at at at a a a a a a a a a a a later date for for stir-fries Boil the pasta strain it it in in in a a a a a a a colander and and refresh it it under cold cold running water until cold cold Store it it covered in a a refrigerator until it it is needed Many pasta dishes are finished or or accompanied by sauces which can be light or or heavy These are some common sauces:
CARBONARA: a a a a a a a a a a light binding sauce sauce with a a a a a a a a a a cream base cooked bacon pieces or parma ham This sauce sauce is traditionally seasoned with crushed peppercorns It has many varieties Many chefs like to include mushrooms and onions to change the the flavour of the the sauce NEOPOLITAN: this tomato based sauce has has a a a a a a a a thick consistency and often has has other ingredients added such as onions herbs garlic and bacon BOLOGNESE: The most common of all pasta sauces and and is used in both lasagne and and spaghetti bolognese This dish contains mainly minced beef and a a a a a a a tomato tomato sauce which consists of of tomatoes mirepoix of of vegetables garlic and and fresh herbs such as as thyme parsley and and basil PESTO: Is a a a a a a a a a sauce consisting of basil pine nuts garlic olive oil and parmesan cheese The ingredients are all ground together to to to to to form form this delicate sauce variations of of pesto come in the the form form of of sun-dried tomato and mint mint this is is is were the the the basil is is is replaced by the the the tomato or the the the mint mint STORING FRESH PASTA
Fresh Fresh pasta pasta should be be be used within 24 hours of making because after this it it begins to dry out Fresh Fresh pasta pasta freezes very successfully and can be cooked from frozen Freeze fresh pasta in in usable quantities in in well sealed polythene bags or containers and use it it within 2 to 3 months months Unopened packets of dried pasta will keep for months months in in in a a a a a a a cool dry cupboard but once opened the the the packet must be be used up quickly as as as exposure to the the the air makes the the the pasta become brittle and tasteless this is is especially true of pasta pasta made with with eggs Leftover cooked pasta pasta without a a a a a a a a a a sauce should be cooled and stored in a a a a a a a a a a covered container in in in in in the the refrigerator for 1-2 days or or or up to to to 1 1 month in in in in in the the freezer To reheat simply drop into boiling water and and simmer gently until heated through Adding a a a a a a a little olive oil to to the the water helps freshen the the pasta and and stops it it sticking 149