Introduction to Pasta Review

True or False. Fresh laminated (cut from sheets) pasta is better than dried extruded pasta.

• True

• False

Which type of flour is best for making fresh or dried pasta?

• Semolina Flour

• Wheat Flour

• Rice Flour

• Corn Flour

If you push/force pasta dough through a die to give it form or shape, you have used what method of pasta shaping

• Lamination or Sheet Cut Pasta

• Extrusion

Dried pasta is best known for its ability to _________

• carry sauces.

• soak up sauces.

Fresh pasta is best known for its ability to _________

• carry sauces.

• soak up sauces.

True or False. The deeper the grooves and recesses a pasta shape has the better it will hold on to heavier sauces.

• True

• False

When shopping for quality, commercially-dried pasta, your first visual indicator of quality will be the

• price

• ingredients

• the surface texture of the pasta

• brand

When choosing a high-quality, commercially-dried pasta, look for:

• dark color and smooth texture

• dark color and rough texture

• pale color and rough texture

• pale color and smooth texture

Which one of the following is an example of a fresh laminated pasta?

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Which one of the following is an example of an extruded pasta?

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