How do you keep large ammounts of spaggetti noodles warm?!
We are having a pasta party tonight, and we are feeding a lot of people!. How can we keep all of the noodles warm for the people that half to wait or some back for seconds!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Q!. How can you keep cooked pasta for topping with sauce and serving later!?
A!. Two choices:
1!. You can cook the pasta until it is almost done, remove it from the water and set it aside or refrigerate it (depending on how much time is going to elapse), and toss it in boiling water again for a minute or two just before serving!. This method virtually guarantees that your pasta will be well done and past the desirable point called al dente, because it will continue to absorb moisture while it is resting!.
2!. You can cook fresh pasta at the last minute, because it only takes a minute or two to reach the lovely al dente point!. We vote for Option 2!.
Keeping Pasta Hot for a Buffet
There's a reason you don't see a lot of pasta on buffet tables — it becomes soft and mushy and turns to glue!. You can hold it reasonably well for about 30 minutes, but even then, it will have passed the wonderful al dente point that is the goal with pasta!.
To prepare pasta for piecemeal service — whether in a food-service setting or at home — follow these steps: Use at least a gallon of water per pound of pasta!. Add 1-1/2 teaspoons of salt to the water, and bring it to a rapid boil!. Add the pasta!. As it softens, stir gently to keep the pasta from sticking to itself and to the pan!. Continue to stir occasionally as it boils!.
Drain the pasta while slightly undercooked!. Rinse it briefly in cool water — enough to stop the cooking and rinse off the starch, but not enough to cool the pasta!. It should still be quite warm!. Transfer the pasta to a steam table pan and toss it with a little oil to keep it from sticking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A!. Two choices:
1!. You can cook the pasta until it is almost done, remove it from the water and set it aside or refrigerate it (depending on how much time is going to elapse), and toss it in boiling water again for a minute or two just before serving!. This method virtually guarantees that your pasta will be well done and past the desirable point called al dente, because it will continue to absorb moisture while it is resting!.
2!. You can cook fresh pasta at the last minute, because it only takes a minute or two to reach the lovely al dente point!. We vote for Option 2!.
Keeping Pasta Hot for a Buffet
There's a reason you don't see a lot of pasta on buffet tables — it becomes soft and mushy and turns to glue!. You can hold it reasonably well for about 30 minutes, but even then, it will have passed the wonderful al dente point that is the goal with pasta!.
To prepare pasta for piecemeal service — whether in a food-service setting or at home — follow these steps: Use at least a gallon of water per pound of pasta!. Add 1-1/2 teaspoons of salt to the water, and bring it to a rapid boil!. Add the pasta!. As it softens, stir gently to keep the pasta from sticking to itself and to the pan!. Continue to stir occasionally as it boils!.
Drain the pasta while slightly undercooked!. Rinse it briefly in cool water — enough to stop the cooking and rinse off the starch, but not enough to cool the pasta!. It should still be quite warm!. Transfer the pasta to a steam table pan and toss it with a little oil to keep it from sticking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
put your oven on the lowest setting, and put the pasta in to keep warm, but make sure they are slightly (not too much) undercooked!. that way, they wont burn in the oven!. have fun!Www@FoodAQ@Com
If you put them in an oven I would think you would also want to add a pan of hot water so the steam would be there so not to dry out the noodles!.Www@FoodAQ@Com