Whether it’s a mid-week supper, pasta salad or meal to impress, FREEE pasta is one of the quickest and easiest meal solutions for an allergen aware household. Our large range of gluten free pasta offers a variety of shapes and types from which to select a wide range of dishes from Gluten Free Lasagne, Spaghetti and Kidney Bean Meatballs or Penne Macaroni Cheese.
Our Top Tips:
- Cook pasta in an extra-large saucepan, for best results use 1lt of salted water per 100g pasta
- Allow the pasta to boil uncovered while it cooks
- There is no need to add oil to the cooking water
- Boil for 5 minutes then carefully taste the pasta every minute until it is ‘al dente’
- Avoiding rinsing pasta unless you are using it in a salad
- If keeping the pasta warm before serving, stir a little of your sauce through the pasta
- Adding oil to cooked pasta will stop it sticking but the sauce may slide off
- To re-heat pasta, cover it with boiling water, stand for 2-3 minutes then drain and serve
Gluten Free Pasta Troubleshooting
From time-to-time things don’t go to plan, even with pasta. If you have a gluten free pasta challenge these notes could help to solve the problem.
Pasta is stuck together
Possible Cause
- Water not boiling when pasta added
- Pasta not stirred after adding to boiling water
- Insufficient water to cook the pasta
Possible solution:
- Bring water to a rolling boil before adding pasta
- Stir pasta after adding it to the saucepan
Cooking water is cloudy
Possible Cause
- Saucepan is too small
- Insufficient water to cook the pasta
- Pasta is overcooked
Possible solution:
- Cook in a larger saucepan
- Use more water to cook the pasta
- Reduce pasta cooking time
Pasta is slimy
Possible Cause
- Pasta is overcooked
- Insufficient water to cook the pasta
Possible solution:
- Use more water to cook the pasta
- Reduce pasta cooking time
- Rinse the pasta in cold water
Pasta is hard
Possible Cause
- Water not boiling when pasta added
- Pasta not cooked
Possible solution:
- Continue cooking and test every minute
