2007-11-28 07:16:34 · 13 answers · asked by ♥♥Cat Lady♥♥ 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
If you mean the dried pasta, like spaghetti or penne, it needs to be boiled to rehydrate it, and to keep it separated.
2007-11-28 07:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by Florence-Anna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pasta should be boiled. For spaghetti made with durum (hard winter) wheat, 8 minutes is usually the right length of time. Do not add oil to the pot; it's not necessary. To prevent the pot from boiling over, use a very large pot with plenty of water. Add salt (and plenty of it) once the water is boiling, and then let the water return to the boil before you add the pasta.
And for the love of all that is good and sacred, DO NOT OVER COOK IT.
2007-11-28 07:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by Karsten S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dried pasta takes up a lot of water, that's why the packets tell you to boil in 'plenty' of water. Don't even think of steaming it, unless you're embarking on Chapter One of 'Great Culinary Disasters I Have Known'!
2007-11-28 07:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by kinning_park 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm fairly certain you have to boil it. If you steam it, the pasta will cook unevenly and even glob in some spots since all it is is dried flour mixture. And you know what flour does when it gets just damp...... A mess. You would probably have part of it hard and undone and another part mush.
2007-11-28 07:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by Rli R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm... good question. From my experience, if you don't boil it, it can come out somewhat rubbery (I've used a few recipes where you put noodles in with something else along the lines of "steaming", but I haven't specifically tried it). Of course, you'll need SOME liquid to steam it. Good luck!!!!
2007-11-28 07:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by tri1104 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to boil it because the water needs to rehydrate the pasta. If you steamed it, it wouldn't get soft.
2007-11-28 07:21:57 · answer #6 · answered by michela1217 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-20 22:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are going to have to boil your pasta sorry
2007-11-28 07:34:13 · answer #8 · answered by roeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It pays to other wise it will just be a sticky mess.
The boiling water keeps it on the move, which stops it sticking.
2007-11-28 07:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno.. i boil it.. also the fact it would stick together if you steamed it?
add a tiny bit of oil stops that =)
wouldn't it just crack the pasta?
i know you steam vegs.. my sis has a machine for it.. but not pasta.
2007-11-28 07:19:13 · answer #10 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋