STORING COOKED PASTA

You have just made a huge pasta dinner, and no one was hungry. Now you have a ton of noodles left over.

You hate to throw them out, but how do you keep them? The easiest way to store pasta is to freeze it.

To do this just place the pasta back in the colander and rinse it off under cool tap water. This will remove any extra starch from the noodles and make them more manageable for the next step.

Place the noodles into plastic containers, seal well and freeze until firm. (allow about 3-4 hours)

Remove the containers from the freezer and remove the pasta from the containers. Place the frozen pasta blocks into large freezer bags and seal well.

Note the date that the pasta was made on the bag. Now just place the pasta in the freezer until it is needed.

The pasta can be frozen for up to 6 months in this manner.

To defrost the noodles, simply pull out how many blocks of pasta you will need.

Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil.

Once the water is boiling, add the blocks of pasta into the water and cook until reheated, usually around 2-4 minutes depending on quantity of noodles.