Pasta Recipes
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Pasta is easy, and pasta is inexpensive. Better yet, it is good for you. It has become the preferred food of athletes before a meet or game, packing its own wallop of energy. Weight conscious cooks can delight in the knowledge that pasta is not fattening food everyone once thought it was.
What makes pasta exceptional? Its wheat-flour starch, for one thing. A complex carbohydrate, the starch provides as much energy as pure protein. Moreover, pasta is easy to digest, and it provides a long-lasting feeling of satisfaction that can be a boon to girth-watchers by curtailing their appetites. A cup of cooked spaghetti (about 5 ounces) contains a slender 210 calories, less than half those in a 5-ounce sirloin portion of sirloin steak.
If not making your own pasta, when buying dried, examine the label to be certain that the pasta has been produced with semolina. Pastas made with all or part farina, the coarsely ground endosperm of any wheat except durum, should be avoided because they turn pasty during the boiling. When cooked, good pasta can swell to nearly 3 times its size and has a slightly nutty, sweet flavor.
As for cooking, 2 rules apply: Use a lot of boiling water and be sure not to overcook the pasta. While almost all recipes call for salting the water, cooks should bear in mind that the salt is highly diluted when adequate water is used and that a relatively small amount of salt is absorbed by the pasta. If you leave it out entirely, the pasta will be insipid, unless coupled with an intensely flavored sauce. You may also find, as some cooks do, that a little lemon juice in the water makes a fairly good substitute for salt.
Pasta is easy to cook; yet all too often it emerges soggy and sticky. Only a few steps need to be followed to ensure perfectly cooked pasta every time.
- Use a big pot and lots of water. Pasta loves to swim.
- Let the water come to a full boil, then add the salt.
- With the water at a full boil, drop in the pasta, a few handfuls at a time; stir to keep it from sticking.
- Cover the pot so the water can come back to a boil quickly. Then uncover the pot to prevent boiling over, and adjust the heat to maintain a rolling boil.
- Begin timing the pasta once the water has resumed boiling. When the pasta is al dente - that is, just right to the tooth, chewy without a floury taste - it is ready. Fresh pasta will cook faster than dried pasta.
- Drain the pasta at once. Do not rinse it unless the recipe says so (rinsing washes away nutrients).
- Sauce the pasta at once to keep it from adhering to itself and toss it well to distribute the sauce.
4 to 6 ounces pasta 2 quarts water 1 teaspoon salt 8 to 10 ounces pasta 3 quarts water 1-½ teaspoons salt 12 to 16 ounces 4 quarts water 2 teaspoons salt
Almond-Poppy Seed Noodles
Alpine Baked Pasta
Angel Hair with Shrimp and Scallops
Angel Hair Pasta with Fresh Herbs
Angel Hair Pasta with Tomato Broth and Chicken Sausages
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Baked Manicotti
Baked Rigatoni with Spinach, Ricotta, and Fontina
Baked Parmesan Macaroni
Baked Pasta with Smoked Chicken, Wild Mushrooms and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Baked Vermicelli
Baked Ziti with Sausage
Baked Ziti with Tomato, Mozzarella, and Sausage
Baker's Wife's Pasta (Pastasciutta alla Fornaia)
Basic Pasta Dough
Beef and Noodle Stir-Fry
Best Lasagna
Blue Shrimp Fettuccine
Bow-Tie Pasta with Italian Garden Vegetables
Bow Ties with Greens and Mushrooms
Bow-Ties with Sausage, Spinach, and White Beans
Bucatini Pasta with Soy Sauce and Chinese-Style Meatballs
Cajun Fettuccine
Cannelloni with Bechamel Sauce
Capellini with Shrimp and Herb Sauce
Carbonara Frittata
Cavatelli with Broccoli Rabe
Cheddar Cheese Pasta Salad
Cheese and Mushroom Manicotti
Cheese Noodles
Cheese Ravioli in Primavera Sauce
Cheesy Manicotti
Cheesy Spinach and Spaghetti
Chicken and Fettuccine Stir-Fry
Chicken-Macaroni Salad
Colorful Turkey-Pasta Salad
Crab Fettuccine
Creamy Bow Tie Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli
Creamy Chicken and Spinach Lasagna
Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo
Creamy Lasagne
Creamy Pasta Primavera
Danish Pasta and Cheese Salad
Easy Clam and Shrimp Sauce on Pasta with Asparagus
Easy Pasta Fagioli (Low-Fat)
Egg Noodles with Butter and Cheese
Eggplant Pasta
Eggplant-Pasta Salad
Elbows with Sweet Pepper and Bean Sauce (Low-Fat)
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettuccine Alfredo with Peas and Prosciutto
Fettuccine and Shiitake Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce
Fettuccine with Artichokes and Tomatoes
Fettucini with Asparagus and Peas (Primavera)
Fettuccine with Butter, Cream and Parmesan Cheese (Fettuccine all' Alfredo)
Fettuccine with Curried Alfredo Sauce
Fettuccine with Fresh Tomato and Basil Sauce
Fettuccine with Herbed Cheese Sauce
Fettuccine with Oysters, Spinach and Fennel
Fettuccine with Tomatoes and Zucchini
Fettuccine with Vegetables and Basil
Fiesta Chicken Breasts
Flemish Noodles
Forentine Stuffed Shells
Fried Ravioli
Fusilli with Cauliflower (Fusilli con Cavolfiore)
Garden Primavera Pasta
Garlic Shrimp with Angel Hair Pasta
Gnocchi Gruyére with Sour Cream
Gnocchi with Cream Sauce
Gnocchi with Parmesan Cheese
Good Macaroni and Cheese
Good Stuff Linguine
Gorgonzola Lasagne
Green Spaghetti
Ham and Cheese Bowties
Ham and Noodle Casserole
Heart-Smart Pesto Pasta Salad (Low-Fat)
Hungarian Noodles and Cottage Cheese
Individual Vegetable Lasagnas
Italian Beef Stir-Fry
Italian Lasagne
Italian Meat-Ball Spaghetti
Italian Ravioli and Sausage Stew
Japanese Udon
Lemon Cream Pasta Toss
Lemon-Turkey Stir-Fry with Pasta
Linguine and Spinach
Linguine with Broccoli and Feta
Linguine with Chicken Ragu
Linguine with Limas and Grainy Mustard
Linguine with Peas (Low-Fat)
Linguine with Tomatoes and Basil
Linguine with White Clam Sauce
Linguine with Pecan-Arugula Pesto
Linguine with Sautéed Shrimp and Radicchio
Linguine with Shrimp Scampi
Lynne's Spaghetti Sauce
Macaroni and Cheese
Macaroni and Swiss Cheese
Macaroni Ring of Plenty
Manhattan Turkey A La King
Mario's Risotto
Meatballs and Sauce
Milano Shrimp Fettuccine
Mostaccioli Salad
Mostaccioli with Meat
Mushroom, Sausage and Spinach Lasagna
Nada Pasta Salad
Noodles In Butter Sauce
Noodle Ring
Noodles Alsatian-Style with Mustard Butter (Senfnudeln)
Noodles with Cottage Cheese
Noodles with Poppy Seed
Noodles with Roquefort (Nouilles au Roquefort)
Orecchiette with Broccoli (Orecchiette "chi Vruccoli Arriminata")
Orecchiette with Green Tomatoes, Caramelized Onions and Corn
Orzo with Parsley and Lemon Zest
Orzo with Roasted Vegetables
Over-The-Rainbow Macaroni and Cheese
Pasta and Almond Stir-Fry
Pasta and Eggplant (Pasta alla Norma)
Pasta and Walnut Fruit Salad (Low-Fat)
Pasta Con Le Sarde
Pasta Fra Diavolo
Pasta, Peas, Prosciutto, and Onion
Pasta, Pesto and Peas
Pasta Primavera
Pasta Primavera 3
Pasta Primavera 4
Pasta Primavera Walnut Salad
Pasta Puttanesca
Pasta Salad with Lobster and Snow Peas
Pasta Shells with Peppers
Pasta Shells with Sweet Red Pepper Sauce
Pasta with Black-Eyed Pea Salsa (Low-Fat)
Pasta with Butter and Cheese
Pasta with Fresh Salsa
Pasta with Roasted Vegetables
Pasta with Roasted Garden Vegetables
Pasta with Spinach, Sausage and Roquefort Cheese Sauce
Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Pasta with Tomatoes, Peppers, and Italian Sausage
Pasta with Wild Mushroom Sauce
Pastitso
Penne Rigati with Mushrooms and Tarragon
Penne with Arugula, Fresh Tomatoes and Pecorino
Penne with Five Cheeses
Penne with Fresh Herb Tomato Sauce
Penne with Marinara Sauce
Penne with Shrimp
Penne with Vodka Sauce
Pepper Pasta
Perciatelli with Bacon and Peas
Perciatelli with Carrot and Zucchini Serpents
Pineapple and Shrimp Pasta Sauté
Poppy Seed Noodles, Dutch-Style
Poverty Pasta
Quick Marinara Sauce
Ravioli Marinara
Rigatoni Bolognese
Rigatoni with Butter, Cream and Eggs (Rigatoni con Burro, Creama e Uova)
Risotto with Sausages
Sausage and Mushroom Lasagna
Savory Pasta Shells with Creamy Filling (Low-Fat)
Scallops and Shrimp with Linguine
Scampi
Scampi Bounavia
Scampi On Couscous
Schupfnudeln or Bubbenspritze
Sea Shell Pasta
Seafood Spaghetti
Semolina Pasta Dough
Sesame Noodles
"Sesame" Noodles with Spicy Peanut Sauce
Shell Macaroni Salad with Fresh Tomatoes
Shells Stuffed with Crab Meat and Spinach
Shells with Oysters and Spinach
Shrimp and Asiago Pasta
Shrimp and Scallop Lasagna
Shrimp Pasta
Shrimp Pasta Primavera (Low-Fat)
Shrimp Ravioli
Skillet Noodles
Sour-Cream Baked Noodles
Sour Cream Noodles
Spaghetti Al Dente
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Spaghetti-Asparagus Lasagna
Spaghetti Napoletana
Spaghetti Nests
Spaghetti or Vermicelli with Uncooked Tomato Sauce
Spaghetti Sauce Edwin
Spaghetti Sauce with Meatballs
Spaghetti with Asparagus, Smoked Mozzarella and Prosciutto
Spaghetti with Fresh Basil, Pine Nuts and Cheese
Spaghetti with Nut Sauce
Spaghetti with Spinach, Mushrooms and Cream (Spaghetti Primaverile)
Spaghetti with Tomato Vinaigrette
Spaghetti with Zucchini
Spaghettini with Cream and Whiskey Sauce (Spaghettini al Whisky e Panna)
Spaghettini with Curry-Yogurt Sauce
Spaghettini with Fried Zucchini
Spatzle
Spicy Baked Macaroni
Spicy Chorizo-Clam Sauce on Pasta
Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Pasta Shells
Spinach and Mushroom Lasagne
Spinach Fettuccine Primavera
Spinach Fettuccine With Endive and Bacon
Spinach Lasagne
Spinach Pasta Dough
Springtime Rotini with Chicken
Springtime Spaghetti (Spaghetti Primavera)
Star-Studded Tomatoes (Low-Fat)
Stir-Fry Beef and Spaghetti
Stroganoff Superb
Sundried Tomato and Basil Pasta
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Manicotti Swiss Spaghetti
Tagliatelle with Broad Beans
Three-Cheese Baked Pasta
Three-Pepper Linguine with Pesto
Tomato and Arugula Pasta
Tomato-Basil Lasagna
Tortellini Rustica
Tortellini Supper
Trenette with Pesto
Tricolor Turkey-Pasta Bake
Turkey and Pasta Salad Vinaigrette
Turkey Lasagna
Turkey-Orange Pasta Cooler (Low-Fat)
Turkey Tetrazzini
Turkey Vegetable Stir-Fry
Tuxedo Pasta
Vegetarian Lasagna
White or Green Noodles with Four Cheeses (Tagliatelle ai Quattro Formaggi)
Winter Vegetable Lasagna