I often cook fresh pasta from the grocery store refridgerated section. It is softer and cooks for a shorter amount of time. Is this useful for that?
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Absolutely! It has directions for fresh pasta. I cook fresh tortellini all the time and it does a great job.
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Forgot to mention, be careful with the time you use when cooking anything. It may sound like not enough (from the booklet) but it usually is just right. If you let something stay in a little longer it will be crispier. I had a chicken in there and let it stay a bit more and it was alomost a total buffalo wing but still not dried out.
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Team:I rebagged it when it came in, so the label is long gone.11# is a lot of tortellini ...It's a dry cheese not fatty so it shouldn't be too bad.Most of the oils if any would boil out during cooking.If you rinse after cooking to cool, then more fats are gone.It's what you put on the pasta that's fattening.LOLHope this helps ...; )
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I use it and yes you'll loose some, but I'm ok with it. The 'shaped' pasta does better.
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This was my question too, as I was looking for an insert/colander that would fit the stock-pot I have. Why buy another complete set if this strainer/steamer basket would serve the same purpose? I've found that this works just fine for cooking pasta and then draining it. You just need to use a potholder to grab the handle. I was tired of pouring cooked pasta into a separate colander placed inside the sink. I haven't tried using it to cook extremely thin spaghetti, but I prefer thicker pastas, especially bucatini.
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Yes. It 's great to heat up small snacks, good advantage to avoid utilizing the regular oven.
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I love my Limited Edition Pasta maker. I got it esp because of the claim o the coating and in Florida the humidity is so high that I need all the help I can get and my pasta does not stick. I use it all the Tim for small servings too. Just one egg and 100g all purpose flour. I do not hang the fettuccini, but let it dry on the counter sprinkled with flour. Just like my Italian cooking instructor in Pimonte showed me. She had the same exact model in her restaurant kitchen. Yes you have to have a table top skinny enough for the attachment. My " island" permits it fine.
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Absolutely, I tend to take it out of the box and fill them up with my pastas. The shape of pasta boxes are so varied that I dump them in my lock and lock as soon as I get home and they stay fresh till they're used up. Highly recommend
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Hi, If there is any tomato waste, assuming it can't be used in the tomato sauce, keep it to add to another meal such as Lasagne or stew. It is a great added taste to a variety of meals, good luck and enjoy your Kitchenaid, I love my one.
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I have never done that but I don't see why not. Of course it would depend on cooking time. You would not want to steam something that would take longer than the pasta to cook. Know what ? I think I'll try it. Hope this helps. CW
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Not sure about the pasta products, but I've tossed fresh broccoli in and it was cooked perfectly by lunch time.
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Yes and no. If you have one simple dish like spaghetti then yes but if you have meat, rice and veggies and you don't want it all mixed together then no. I mainly use it for soups.
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just leave it in a little longer. It usually cooks pretty evenly, which is one of the advantages.
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I have not turned over the items I have cooked on it. I have mostly used this for frozen french fries or warming up those that I could not finish from a cafe. I have also warmed up fried chicken and it seemed to regain its crispyness. I warmed up pizza but did not notice that it got crispy.
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It is a pasta machine. After making pasta dough and flattening it a bit so it will fit between the rolls of the machine. You continue to adjust the rollers closer together and make your sheet of dough thinner each time. When the thickness you want is reached - it can be slit into narrow (Tagliatelle) or wider (Fettuccine) pasta. It is much better than store bought pasta because the basic recipe is eggs and flour with a little water.
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From one Grandma to another.. I never even considered cooking pasta in my medium Steamer - with or without the basket. I would worry it would burn and/or melt from sooo long with high heat. I hate the rack. Removing the hot rack always burns my fingers, and gloves would be too bulky to get a good grip on the steamer.I use a 2 qt (mebbe is's only one quart) pyrex glass measuring cup in my microwave to boil water. If you do try it for cooking pasta, pls share your results with me. Good luck!!'
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I have found that wheat pasta's consistency is a bit more coarse even when completely done, it's just not smooth textured like white pasta. To answer you question however, I add about 45 seconds to the times shown in the book. Hope this helps.