Pasta!In your culinary Journal:

How many different types of pasta can you list?What is your favorite pasta dish and why?

What is pasta?

• food product that is made from .

Pasta increases in volume as it cooks and yields a high profit (low cost dish that is

ordered often).

Made with:

• , a hard grain wheat flout that is high in proteins that form

.

Produces a smooth dough and creamy yellow color.

Forms of PastaDried Pasta:• Should be hard and brittle• Surface should look dull or

marked by small pits or scars• Variety of interesting and

unusual flavors• Store in a cool dry place for

several months

Fresh Pasta:• Labour intensive• Difficult to make consistently• Variety of flavours• Must be tightly wrapped and

kept refrigerated for a few days• or frozen only a few weeks

Types of Pasta

• Capellini/Angel Hair• Spaghetti• Linguine• fettuccini• Egg noodles• Lasagna• Macaroni• Farfalle

• Orzo• Fusilli• Manicotti• Penne• Conchiglie• Ravioli• cannelloni

Cooking Pasta

• Pasta can be

or .

Cooking Pasta: Boiling

• Use enough

to cook it properly, pasta should be

• Dried pasta can be cooked ahead of time

• Fresh pasta needs to be cooked right before consuming (it will get soft)

Cooking Pasta: Baking

• Usually done with a

or

• The flavours

during the baking process

• EX:

How do you know it is done?

• AL DENTE:

• To check for doneness simply

into a piece of pasta

• Drain carefully over the sink in a colander

Stuffing Pasta: Say what?

Yes you can stuff pasta!!

• and

are both tubular pastas

• Ravioli are

• Can have a variety of stuffed shapes

Stuffing Pasta: With what?Fillings can include:

Remember:• Fillings can be cooked or uncooked EXCEPT meat.• Meat MUST be completely cooked before being stuffed into the pasta