Types of Pasta

Pasta anie banyak macam... a wide variety of them. Italian pasta (yang selalu tani makan atu!) can be generalize into different categories (source: The Nibble)

• Long form pasta or strand pasta. Eg spaghetti, angel hair, bucatini

• Ribbon pasta. Eg: Fettuccine, lasagne, linguine and tagliatelle

• Tubular pasta. Eg: Elbows, manicotti, penne and rigatoni

• Shaped pasta. Eg: Farfalle (bow ties), fusilli (corkscrews), ruote (wagon weels)
  

• Stuffed pasta. Eg: agnolotti, mezzelune, ravioli, tortellini and gnocchi.

L to R : Angel hair, Bucatini, Spaghetti



L to R : Lasagne, Fettucine, Linguine, Tagliatelle

L to R : Penne, Elbow, Rigatoni



L to R : Route, Fusilli, Farfalle

L to R : Tortellini, Agnolotti, Ravioli, Gnocchi

Cooking Pasta Dishes

Don't fret when cooking pasta dishes... It's super easy !!!! Learn+know the basics... once you have master the basics.. waalaaah~!! semua pasta recipe pun u boleh buat...with ease!!!

These are the basic ingredients for cooking pasta dishes..the ones which uses tomato sauce as the base e.g. bolognese, marinara, arrabiata etc

• use olive oil and a little bit of butter - it gives a very nice flavour to the dish
• garlic and onion - for the flavour as well
• tomatoes - fresh tomatoes are the best but then banyak kerja lagi kan di buat, deseed, remove the skin, stew them *arrggghh wasting time*... heheh so i opt for canned tomatoes...i use Hunt's - ada banyak 'flavour' to choose from.
• FRESH herbs the best!! if you can't find them then use dried ones. Fresh herbs are easily available at SupaSave
• top your pasta with cheese. Parmesan is the best, but cheddar pun okay jua lah

Conversion Tables

This is a list of common ingredients in cooking and how much certain quantities weigh. Quantities are approximate only and are not a substitute for accurate weighing using scales.

Foodstuff	Quantity	Weight
Breadcrumbs, dried	1 cup	125 g
Breadcrumbs, fresh	1 cup	60 g
Butter, margarine, chopa	1 cup 1 ½ tablespoons	250 g 30 g
Cheese, grated	1 cup	125 g
Coconut, desiccated	1 cup	90 g
Dried fruits (sultanas, currants)	1 cup	160 g
Flour	1 cup	125 g
Jam, treacle, honey	1 tablespoon	30 g
Nuts, chopped	1 cup	125 g
Rice, sago, split peas, tapioca	1 cup	200 g
Rolled oats	1 cup	80 g
Sugar, white or castor	1 cup 1 ½ tablespoons	250 g 30 g
Sugar, raw	1 cup	180 g
Sugar, brown or icing	1 cup	150 g

From: www.bestrecipes.com.au

Oven Temperatures

Remember that individual ovens vary and allowances should be made for fan-forced etc.

Oven	° C	° F	Gas mark
Very slow	110	225	¼
-	130	250	½
Slow	140	275	1
-	150	300	2
Very moderate	170	325	3
Moderate	180	350	4
-	190	375	5
Moderately hot	200	400	6
Hot	220	425	7
-	230	450	8
Very hot	240	475	9

From www.bestrecipes.com.au