Hints and Tips for Preparing Gluten Free Pasta - Freee Foods (2024)

Whether it’s a mid-week supper, pasta salad or meal to impress,FREEE pastais one of the quickest and easiest meal solutions for an allergen aware household. Our large range of gluten free pasta offers a variety of shapes and types from which to select a wide range of dishes fromGluten Free Lasagne,Spaghetti and Kidney Bean MeatballsorPenne Macaroni Cheese.

Our Top Tips:

  • Cook pasta in an extra-large saucepan, for best results use 1lt of salted water per 100g pasta
  • Allow the pasta to boil uncovered while it cooks
  • There is no need to add oil to the cooking water
  • Boil for 5 minutes then carefully taste the pasta every minute until it is ‘al dente’
  • Avoiding rinsing pasta unless you are using it in a salad
  • If keeping the pasta warm before serving, stir a little of your sauce through the pasta
  • Adding oil to cooked pasta will stop it sticking but the sauce may slide off
  • To re-heat pasta, cover it with boiling water, stand for 2-3 minutes then drain and serve

Gluten Free Pasta Troubleshooting

From time-to-time things don’t go to plan, even with pasta. If you have a gluten free pasta challenge these notes could help to solve the problem.

Pasta is stuck together

Possible Cause
  • Water not boiling when pasta added
  • Pasta not stirred after adding to boiling water
  • Insufficient water to cook the pasta
Possible solution:
  • Bring water to a rolling boil before adding pasta
  • Stir pasta after adding it to the saucepan

Cooking water is cloudy

Possible Cause
  • Saucepan is too small
  • Insufficient water to cook the pasta
  • Pasta is overcooked
Possible solution:
  • Cook in a larger saucepan
  • Use more water to cook the pasta
  • Reduce pasta cooking time

Pasta is slimy

Possible Cause
  • Pasta is overcooked
  • Insufficient water to cook the pasta
Possible solution:
  • Use more water to cook the pasta
  • Reduce pasta cooking time
  • Rinse the pasta in cold water

Pasta is hard

Possible Cause
  • Water not boiling when pasta added
  • Pasta not cooked
Possible solution:
  • Continue cooking and test every minute
Hints and Tips for Preparing Gluten Free Pasta - Freee Foods (2024)
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