I want to cook and can my own spaghetti. Not just the sauce, the finished product. The spaghetti, the meatballs and the sauce. I want to be able to can the finished product where all I have to do is open the jar, pour it in a pot, warm it up and eat.
2006-08-30 19:08:41 · 4 answers · asked by jafo4 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Your best bet is to buy one of those vacume bagging machines. I bought one for about a hundred bucks and I bag and freeze my spaghetti, chile, stew, and fresh vegitables. They work great.
Canning is tricky I wouldn't recomend it
2006-08-30 19:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This might only become a horrible dish anyway. Spaghetti and pasta in general, according to the Italian recepies MUST be eaten immediately with its sauce after the short length of boiling time. The only possibility of eating pasta when it's cold (i.e. after a certain time) is in a salad, which people very often eat in the summer with addition of any kind of vegetables and sometimes tuna. I really can't imagine what can come out of canned pasta. I know that some makers produce this kind of dish you can find in supermarkets, but, as an Italian, I must simply say that it's a horrible sotution and not worth the time spent in preparing the stuff. Cook pasta for 5 to 10 minutes , it depends on the brand and wheat used, and eat it immediately, it's delicious!!!! But , please, don't can it!
2006-08-31 02:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by gardengate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if I'd trust canning it. As a low-acid product, you'd have to run it through a pressure cooker to be really safe (botulism risk, if I remember my home ec classes and old cookbook info stuff), and *then* bring it to a high boil when you reheat it.
By that time, it's not spaghetti, it's mush!
I agree, freezing sounds like the better option. But I don't even fuss with vacumn sealers; plain old freezer bags have worked fine with me (although it was usually with a more "robust" pasta form, like penne or elbow macaroni).
Give it a shot and see if you like the results.
2006-08-31 02:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by samiracat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it would stay fresh that way. you should freeze the sauce and meatballs. cook the noodles when you plan to eat it.
2006-08-31 02:16:57 · answer #4 · answered by mypurpleelephant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋