Pasta dishes, recipesPhoto:ShutterstockPasta, salads, pasta pilaf are just a small part of the dishes that are based on pasta. Pasta is considered a national Italian product, in this Mediterranean country they are called pasta and there are several hundred varieties. Pasta is usually made from wheat flour and water, although there are other methods, for example, there are pasta from rice flour, buckwheat, starch. In the cuisine of the Slavic peoples, several flour dishes are known that resemble Italian "dough": , lazanki, dumplings, strapachki, . The main secret of pasta dishes is the right choice of pasta. Therefore, before you cook many favorite Italian carbonara or bolognese, make sure that you are using the right pasta. For example, long types of pasta (longer than 5 cm), such as spaghetti, tagliatelle, fettuccine, are ideal for thick sauces – meat, fish, tomato and creamy. Linguini pasta – the so-called “flattened” spaghetti – is served with seafood and pesto sauce. Short types of pasta (less than 5 cm) are an excellent addition to and . By the way, the pasta that is familiar in Russia is one of the types of Italian pasta. They can be added to first courses, and pasta is also used for baking – with minced meat and cheese, for example. One of the most popular types of pasta – penne (“feathers”) – is ideal for all types of sauce. Rigatoni (“fluted”) is an excellent ingredient for salads, and its delicate taste also goes well with piquant cheeses and meat.
