Several decades ago, housewives often performed such a procedure as rinsing finished pasta.
Water was poured into a colander with cooked pasta. This was done to prevent the dish from sticking together.
Nowadays, there is no need for this procedure: the product has become much better quality.
Moreover, some cooks consider rinsing cooked pasta to be almost a “crime”, since the dish loses its bright taste.
However, there are two situations when it is still worth carrying out the procedure.
The relevant information was shared by the expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, chef, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova .
If pasta is cooked "for later"
If you won't be eating cooked pasta anytime soon, you should rinse the dish. But not with tap water, but with bottled or filtered water.
This will prevent pasta stored in the refrigerator from drying out or sticking together.
In addition, reheated pasta tastes better if it has been rinsed beforehand.
If the pasta is cooked for a salad
If the product is planned to be used as an ingredient for a salad, then the finished flour products should be rinsed to cool.
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Expert: Julia Arkhipova
