Lia's Recipe Collection - Donna Laura Wines - Flipbook - Page 5
AL
DENTE
!
The other important thing we need to discuss is not overcooking
your
pasta
or
rice
AND
making
sure
you
cook
both
in
enough
SALTED water. You need a very big pot. You need an abundance
of
water,
not
no
enough
large
pots
water.
This
pasta
overflow.
so
small
the
pot,
Once
more
something
so
it
is
is
a
the
pasta
the
happens
with
common
cooked,
water,
that
crammed
boil
drain
better
boiling
theme.
can
you
pasta
for
You
full
the
My
need
speed
pasta
cooking.
everywhere.
Zia
over,
with
a
very
and
and
the
not
rice,
Overcooking
Lia
in
Italy
is
always
liked her pasta and rice “morbido, stracotto”. I thought this was
unusual
as
after
preference,
all,
but
al
she
WAS
dente
is
Italian.
readily
So
this
really
accepted
as
is
about
the
most
preferred way if you speak to 98% of Italians.
Draining rice -
yes,
if
it
is
not
risotto.
One
of
my
family’s
favorite dishes is boiled arborio or carnaiolo rice, al dente, with
butter
and
parmigiano.
Sometimes
was
just
consider
options
rice,
I
Scotti
I
added
riso
al
any
usually
e
were
brought
vegetable
parmigiano.
basmati,
Italian
use
kids
homemade
burro
jasmine,
for
My
rice
arborio
or
the
dish.
as
it
infamous
readily
on
this
soup…but
Heavenly.
Italians
is
up
have
plate.
usually
Please
Uncle
available.
never
Ben’s
several
it
as
types
The
of
brand
is a good one as well.
Note:
In
salty,
so
Italy
it
the
works
parmigiano.
butter
better
Either
way,
is
mostly
than
salt
unsalted.
having
the
both
water
The
salty
you
parmigiano
butter
boil
your
and
rice
is
salty
in
make sure the rice is not unsalted- this would be a cardinal sin.
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