Pasta and Dumplings Lesson

Chapter 7

PASTA AND DUMPLINGS

• Dried pasta and noodles store well and cook quickly

• Pasta Means Paste
• Can be purchased fresh or frozen
• Al Dente mean to the tooth or to the bite

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Fill in the Blanks

Pasta means what

Multiple Choice

Al Dente means

• Paste

• To the bite

• cooking method

• Type of Sauce

Multiple Choice

You can buy pasta Fresh or Frozen

• True

• False

PREPARING AND COOKING PASTA

• Make pasta or dumplings from starch and liquid

• Produces stiff dough that can be stretched and shaped
• Fresh pasta cooks quickly
• Firm pasta is al dente
• Cooking dry pasta takes longer

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Multiple Choice

What take less time to cook

• Fresh Pasta

• Dried Pasta

Multiple Choice

Pasta is made from Liquid and

• almond flour

• eggs

• starch

• leavening agent

Day 2: PASTA AND DUMPLINGS

• Dumplings are cooked balls of dough with filling

• Ravioli and pierogi
• Appetizers, salads, entrées, desserts

4

Multiple Choice

Example of a dumpling are all of the following EXCEPT

• Ravioli

• Pierogi

• Borscht

• Gnocchi

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COOKING DUMPLINGS

• Make dumplings with dough or batter

• Shape dough into small, round balls

• Cut open to test doneness

• Simmered, steamed, poached, baked,

deep-fried

• Examples include spaetzle and gnocchi

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Multiple Choice

Ways to cook dumpling are all of the following except

• Boil

• Poach

• Broil

• Steam

Back to Pasta…BOILING PASTA

1. Bring large pot of water to boil

o Add salt

2. Add pasta and stir

o Soft and separate

3. Cook until done

o Stir occasionally

4. Drain pasta—colander or strainer

5. Serve immediately

7

Multiple Choice

You should place pasta in the water before or after is boils

• Before

• After

SERVING PASTA

• Sauce should complement pasta

• Long, flat pasta serve with cream sauce

• Tube and twisted pasta serve with tomato or meat sauces

• Pasta can be covered and baked

• Used light sauce with filled pasta

• Cook one pound of dry pasta in one gallon liquid

1 lb dry pasta yields 3 lb cooked pasta
1 lb fresh pasta yields 2 lb cooked pasta

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Multiple Choice

1 lb of dry pasta yield how much cooked pasta

• 1 lb

• 2 lbs

• 3 lbs

• 4 lbs

Multiple Choice

Long Flat Pasta needs what type of sauce

• Meat Sauce

• Cream Sauce

• bolognese

• Heavy Tomato Sauce