Noodles are a kind of little sister of pasta, so the principle of cooking is the same. It is also necessary to remember so as not to create unnecessary problems for yourself.
How to cook noodles? This question will be relevant as long as people eat it. How to cook noodles and not just, but correctly, will tell, of course, the experience of those who invented it.
According to Italian chefs, it is not difficult to cook noodles, a much more important point is the proper preparation of it. The Italians have been searching for the ideal option for cooking noodles for many years, we just have to observe some rules that will allow us to get a very tasty dish in the end. To do this, we need to learn a few simple truths.
How to cook noodles
- To get the desired result, you need to use noodles of exceptionally good quality. This means that the noodles should be smooth, yellow or cream in color, glassy when broken, a small number of inclusions of dark color is permissible.
In practice, it is proved that a sufficient portion for one person (with normal appetite) will be one hundred grams of noodles. - A very important rule is the ratio of noodles to water. For one hundred grams of noodles, at least one liter of water must be used. If you take less water, you run the risk of getting a sticky mass, which will also boil for a very long time.
- When choosing cooking utensils, it is necessary to focus on a thick-walled pan in which you should pour water for three quarters.
- It is better, of course, to use pure spring or filtered water. If this is a problem for you, you can use tap water, but it should be defended in advance and boiled.
- While boiling water, add salt, based on one liter of water, 10 grams of salt. It is strongly not recommended to salt the water when you have already poured the noodles into the water.
- Pour the noodles into the pan when the water boils, as they say, with a key. It is advisable to pour the noodles in the center of the pan.
- If the noodles are longer than you would like, do not break it before cooking. After placing it in the pan, you need to press down a little (only carefully so as not to break) - it will bend and enter the entire container. But this, as a rule, is more applicable to pasta than to noodles.
- After boiling water with noodles, you need to reduce the flow of fire or make the temperature of your electric stove less. But it is necessary to take into account the fact that until the end of the boiling procedure, the noodles should boil slowly, and not languish in hot water.
- When boiling the noodles, do not cover the pan.
- During cooking, noodles need to be stirred from time to time, preferably with a spoon made of wood.
How much to cook noodles? This is a very important issue, since the taste of the dish depends on the cooking time. On each package of noodles purchased in the store, the manufacturer indicates the recommended time for boiling it. Ready noodles should be soft, but in moderation. - When biting noodles on the teeth should not be felt aftertaste of flour. Although some, on the contrary, prefer noodles with a taste of flour, so to speak with cheese (such a degree of readiness is called al dente, which means "by tooth"). This is an individual matter of everyone’s taste . After the noodles are cooked, turn off the heat, cover the pan with a lid for 2-3 minutes, and then drain the water.
- Contrary to popular belief, do not rinse the cooked noodles with water. As soon as the water is drained, you need to throw the noodles into a pre-prepared colander, which for convenience and cleanliness is put in the kitchen sink (however, you can put it in another place - as it suits you). As soon as the glass noodles, you need to shake it a couple of times, and then transfer either to the same pan or to a preheated warm dish.
- Now you can add any sauce (to taste) to the noodles, after which you should wait a couple of minutes until the noodle sauce becomes approximately the same temperature.
And now you can treat your family and friends. Bon Appetit!
How to cook homemade noodles
Well, now we know how to cook noodles and it's time to learn some techniques for making homemade noodles.
In general, the recipe for homemade noodles has much in common with homemade dumplings, meaning the preparation of the dough. How to cook and how to cook homemade noodles we will learn in the description below:
- It is necessary to break one egg into a glass or a wide bowl, pour it to the very top with water and pour it into a bowl, where we will prepare the dough for our noodles.
- Then it is necessary to salt and add all the sifted flour to our bowl.
For soft homemade noodles, you can add sour cream, but not more than one tablespoon. Flour should be added a little, slowly, while simultaneously interfering in the egg with water. So the dough will be formed. The amount of flour should be such that a sufficiently thick, tough dough is obtained. - After the dough is kneaded to the desired consistency, it must be divided into four parts. Then we take a rolling pin and roll it into thin cakes one by one every four slices.
When rolling flat cakes, it is necessary to sprinkle them with flour from time to time so that they do not stick to either the rolling pin or the surface on which you roll them. The noodles will be exactly the thickness that the flat cake will be. - Then the resulting cakes (pancakes) must be hung out for 15 minutes, like clothes after washing on a rope. This is to make pancakes drier.
- After that it is necessary to cut our flat cakes with long strips. This must be done by folding them individually into rolls.
- Having received the required number of rolls, with a sharp knife they must be cut into rings of the thickness that you want to get at the output.
- Then you need to unwind all the rings, as a result, you should get homemade noodles.
We know how to cook noodles from the method described above, only additionally, when boiling home-made noodles (as, by the way, factory-made noodles) in boiling salted water, professionals advise throwing 1-2 bay leaves.