Espagueti

The spaghetti are a variety of long pasta, popular in Mediterranean cuisines, but consumed worldwide. Is pasta strips about 30 inches long, although depending on the thickness, we can find spaghettini (finer) and sapghettoni, somewhat thicker.


Are made of the egg mixture, water and flour. The most common is to use semolina flour, typically semolina. Although we can find on the market made spaghetti whole wheat flour. In this case, turn out to be more healthy but most of all, are recommended for people who can not tolerate gluten.

And of course, today, we have a wide variety of spaghetti, because of the added ingredients that manufacturers are incorporating. We mean spaghetti prepared with powdered vegetables, including flavors such as spinach, carrot or beetroot, for example.

When it comes to pasta, always keep in mind that there are two types of pasta: the cool and tough or dry. In the case of spaghetti, the most common is dry spaghetti. Fresh pasta, to differ slightly in their development, it is best reserved for when we go to use a cream sauce. And, fresh pasta is to be stored in the fridge (hey, that has an expiration date) and when boiling will not swell as much as dried pasta.

Tips for preparing spaghetti
The preparation of the spaghetti is very simple, just about to boil in plenty of water with a handful of salt, for about 10 minutes. Yes, some considerations are:

Use a really big pot to prevent sticking between them. If not possible, take a little oil to the water to a boil rather loose.
Once cooked the pasta, do not rinse it, if not we would be removing all the starch and flavor that has caught the salt. Unless, of course, is to use cold in a pasta salad.
Use the term "al dente" when referring to the spaghetti remain slightly firmer, not so hard after boiling. This is achieved by shortening the cooking time, it is typically half the time indicating labels.
Now we just add to the spaghetti sauce more than we want, since it supports an unlimited range of possibilities. Can be combined with meat, fish or vegetables and almost all the flavors. For example, from a somewhat spicy spaghetti (the "puttanesca") to classic spaghetti bolognese with tomato and meat. You'll find
plenty of varied and original recipes on our blogrecetas.com bound to find those that best suit you.