PASTA POSTER
PASTA
Descriptoion of pasta
History of pasta
Campanelle
It is intended to be served with a thick sauce
Spaghetti
Bucatini
Fettuccine
Fusilli
canneloni
Mafaldine
pappardelle
Conchiglie
Al dente
Pasta dough recipe
- Step 1
Place flour in a mound on a clean surface. Make a well in the centre. Add eggs. Gently whisk with a fork, using your other hand to secure the walls. Draw in the flour as you go.
- Step 2
Bring the dough together. Knead for 5 minutes or until elastic and smooth. Sprinkle the dough with flour, wrap in plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes to rest.
- Step 3
Divide the dough into 4 portions. Flatten 1 portion slightly. Set the pasta machine on the widest setting and flour the machine and dough well. Feed through the machine.
- Step 4
Repeat 6 more times, folding the dough into thirds and turning it 90 degrees until it's smooth and the same width as the machine (at least 12cm). Halve crossways. Continue to feed each dough half through the machine, separately, without folding, narrowing the machine settings 1 notch at a time, until you reach the second last setting. The pasta should be about 1mm-thick. Repeat with the remaining 3 dough portions to make another 6 sheets
Rice Flour
Whole Wheat Flour
Buckwheat Flour
This article is about a commonly cultivated crop plant. For other uses, see Buckwheat (disambiguation).
Buckwheat
Field of buckwheat in Bumthang (Bhutan)
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a plant cultivated for its grain-like seeds, and also used as a cover crop. To distinguish it from a related species, Fagopyrum tataricum that is also cultivated as a grain in the Himalayas, and from the less commonly cultivated Fagopyrum acutatum, it is also known as Japanese buckwheat[2] and silverhull buckwheat.[2]
Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat, as it is not a grass. Instead, buckwheat is related to sorrel, knotweed, and rhubarb. Because its seeds are eaten, it is referred to as a pseudocereal. The cultivation of buckwheat grain declined sharply in the 20th century with the adoption of nitrogen fertilizer that increased the productivity of other staples.
intersting fact about pasta
- Pasta is a type of noodle that is used in cooking.
- It is a staple food of most Italian cuisines.
- The first reference to pasta, in a book, was in 1154.
- It is typically made from durum wheat flour.
- Most pasta falls under two categories – it is either dry, or it is fresh.