When cooking pasta, do not see any sense in the kitchen only a small amount. We have to make hot tea for a bit of pasta and pasta for many. Cook pasta whole package takes about 2 minutes to cook only one-third. But that leaves you with a paper pulp to make something with it.

While nothing to do with pasta? Freeze. It freezes very well. When it is time to use a frozen package, keep the packaging in the microwave to defrost – no special instructions. For soups, simply empty the contents frozen in a soup pot when the soup is finished, and extinguish the fire. In about 15 minutes you have delicious hot soup with pasta, not sticky cooking too long.

I have not tried freezing homemade pasta. Home, the house stuff is not long enough to freeze. My mom make homemade pasta for drying. I remember returning from school to find spaghetti draped over the backs of kitchen chairs. When it was dry (it takes about 24 hours), it broke and put in paper bags to store in a cool, dry place.

I do not think homemade pasta freeze well. Since buying the pasta takes about 13 minutes of cooking (I’m at 7,000 feet so it takes longer) and homemade pasta (ravioli and tortellini) have only 4 minutes of cooking, the homemade pasta is likely to turn to Goo after freezing. So if you have some leftover homemade pasta, throw in the freezer and give us a report. I really want to know how.

I love pasta gel, because it only takes a few minutes to thaw and can be used in conjunction with the previously frozen tomato sauce for a quick and tasty meals. I do not recommend freezing two pasta and sauce – they do better frozen separately.