Place pasta in a hotel pan and cover with 1 inch of water. Steam for minutes depending on the type of pasta you are cooking. Place the pasta in the steamer basket, and place the steamer basket into the pot of boiling water. Remove the pasta from the water using the handles on the basket. Cooking pasta in the sauce instead of in boiling water will increase the amount of time it takes to cook through. Make sure to keep the sauce thinned out with pasta water as the pasta finishes cooking if you use this method.
Place a large sheet of parchment paper on the steaming rack, and loosely pile the noodles on the parchment paper. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil, tossing the noodles lightly in the oil. Steam for 10 to 12 minutes over high heat this cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of your noodles. Plan on cooking your dry noodles anywhere from 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the type of pasta.
However, start checking it after four minutes because it can vary based on the size of the noodle. Pasta steamers are a convenient way to cook noodles, especially if you are preparing a meal for a large number of people. Although they are called steamers, the pots cook pasta in boiling water similar to any other pot.
The difference is that a pasta steamer includes a basket that holds the pasta while it is submerged in the pot of water, allowing you to easily drain the noodles without having to lift and empty a heavy pot of boiling water. Pasta steamers are suitable for dried or fresh pasta, and noodles of all shapes and sizes. Fill the pot of the pasta steamer with water to about 2 inches from the top; this will allow you to submerge the steamer basket without having water spill over the edges.
Place your pasta into the steamer basket and place the basket into the pot of water. The steamer basket should have handles and allow you to easily place it in the pot without having to come in contact with the boiling water.
Return the water to a boil and cook the pasta for the appropriate amount of time. Fresh pasta takes only a few minutes to cook, whereas dried pasta can take anywhere from eight to 12 minutes. Granted, I had to stir it as it cooked because the water level dropped and the pasta was poking up over the top, but in the end, my pasta was still perfectly al dente, not sticky, and provided me with the liquid on the right—that's all the liquid that remained after draining it, and it was extraordinarily starchy.
If that now doesn't prove conclusively to you that the whole idea of pasta getting too sticky because of the starch dissolved in the water is poppycock, then I can only imagine that you are not a man of science.
Now that I was completely satisfied that I could cook pasta with less water with no problems at all, I decided to run one last series of tests. If we've already proven that having a rolling boil is not necessary to cook pasta, I wondered: is it actually necessary to have a boil at all? I brought one last small pot of water to a boil and dumped in my pasta. I have to admit: even I was a little skeptical on this one.
I mean, cook pasta without even boiling it? As my timer slowly counted down, I tried to list off noodle shapes in my head alphabetically just to pasta time away.
If this really works, it'd be huge, I thought. I'd never cook pasta the same way again! All that wasted heat bringing a huge pot of water to a boil and maintaining it there! Think of how cool my kitchen would stay in the summer! This method could solve our energy crisis!
Or at the very least, save me a couple bucks on my gas bill each month. I'd no longer have to be such a, ahem When the timer finally went off, I opened the lid and poked around a little. So far so good. The pasta sure looked cooked, and tasting it revealed al dente perfection. Thanks to my wife, I am now a changed man at least as far as pasta goes—I still demand that I get control at least over how the burgers are cooked around here.
Oh—and as for Reason 4? It doesn't apply to me. My grandmother was Japanese. Those times that she cooked spaghetti? She was just being an im pasta. Finally, just a few quick tips regarding both this method, and cooking pasta in general:. If you're really keen on saving time and energy, you can do what I do: put half the water in the pot, and heat the other half in an electric kettle as the first half heats up.
Add the two together, and you've got boiled water in half the time. Then all you have to do is dump the pasta, bring it back to a boil, stir, cover, and wait. Now that's using your noodle! Read the recipe below for exact instructions on how to cook pasta with this method. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.
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