How would I go about cooking some pasta for a pasta salad? Fill about 1/2 with macaroni, and cover with water? How long?
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This is not meant to be a from-scratch cooking utensil. It is for heating soups and can also be used for reheating leftovers. You would end up with a disaster in your microwave if you tried to cook pasta from scratch in it!
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I reheated leftover Kraft mac and cheese yesterday--I added a bit of water (1-2 Tbs) and an extra slice of cheese on top, and it came out perfectly. There was a little bit of brown and crispy but that was tasty--I was more worried about it drying out or becoming mushy. The pasta texture was fine.
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I found some video instructions and written instructions @ ehow.com I just typed in popeil pasta maker instructions. Not exactly what you asked for but it might help.
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No. Boil pasta like spaghetti in a 6 to 8 quart pot of boiling water until al dente (10 to 11 minutes). Drain in colander. Serve your favorite pasta sauce over cooked spaghetti. If you want to just boil water, get a tea kettle. This 1 1/2 quart saucepan is good for cooking small amounts of frozen vegetables and sauces. Add desired amount of frozen vegetable to the 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Add 1/4 cup of cold water. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes. Hope this helps you. Cuisinart cookware can take high heat, but the heat should be lowered. This cookware should not be used on very high heat for a long period of time. No. Boil pasta like spaghetti in a 6 to 8 quart pot of boiling water until al dente (10 to 11 minutes). Drain in colander. Serve your favorite pasta sauce over cooked spaghetti. If you want to just boil water, get a tea kettle. This 1 1/2 quart saucepan is good for cooking small amounts of frozen vegetables and sauces. Add desired amount of frozen vegetable to the 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Add 1/4 cup of cold water. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes. Hope this helps you. Cuisinart cookware can take high heat, but the heat should be lowered. This... » Read More No. Boil pasta like spaghetti in a 6 to 8 quart pot of boiling water until al dente (10 to 11 minutes). Drain in colander. Serve your favorite pasta sauce over cooked spaghetti. If you want to just boil water, get a tea kettle. This 1 1/2 quart saucepan is good for cooking small amounts of frozen vegetables and sauces. Add desired amount of frozen vegetable to the 1 1/2 quart saucepan. Add 1/4 cup of cold water. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes. Hope this helps you. Cuisinart cookware can take high heat, but the heat should be lowered. This cookware should not be used on very high heat for a long period of time. « Show Less
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Put the pasta in. Add a little salt. fill to the line. Microwave for between 10 and 15 minutes.
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It's done in 20 minutes but longer cooking doesn't matter. This soup cannot be hurt. I add additional canned cannelloni beans and/or potatoes and/or orzo pasta or skinniy sliced carrots. I usually add grated parmesan cheese. If it gets too thick, just add water. Sometimes, I throw a little white wine into the pot. If I have leftovers, I put the soup in a big zip lock and freeze it. Enjoy.
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Tom, thank you for your reply. I went to Grazia's website and asked the same question. Hopefully they will email the recipes to me. We'll see. Thanks again.
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Great in potato, macaroni, pasta salads. Good in wilted salads even BLT salads. After rehydrating, strain, towel dry, and briefly sauté in a touch of olive oil. The trick is layer your flavors in your salads. Bon Appetite.
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Not advised. I tried & burned the bag. cook 3 1/2 minutes. Remove & toss potatoes a little check doneness then cook additional time as needed. Just not over 4 minutes at a time. I have much success this way. Good luck.
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Take a look at the video on the Westinghouse site. I think it showed putting the pasta and water in at the same time which seems unusual. Then additional ingredients like brocolli and carrots were added so the end result was a complete dish.
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The recipe recommends red wine such as Merlot or Shiraz. You need 2, 750ml bottles. I used Barefoot California Merlot. I've tried several recipes, and the one that tasted best was a variation of the recipe on the package. The recipe calls for first combining 1/2 c. sugar, 1 c. water, and the spice bag in a saucepan. You bring that to a boil for about 10 minutes until you have a thick syrup. I didn't like the results, so I've experimented. My favorite recipe adds an extra 1/2 c. sugar and a c. of apple juice. Then I boiled the sugar, water, spice bag, and apple juice at a rapid boil until half the mixture was gone. I then reduced the temperature to a simmer and added the wine. I let that simmer for half an hour. You never let it boil once you've added the wine. The result was delicious and tasted just like the gluhwein I had in Germany.
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Not that I am an expert on this, but thinking you might be putting in too much pasta to ratio of water (although I have found success with adding much more pasta per water than would add to a pot). One thing I have done is to take it out of microwave 1/2 to 2/3 way through cooking time and given the pasta a little stir and then finish cooking. I find the pasta comes out nice and loose.
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Pasta & More is just a cooking tool. You put the pasta in the container and cook the desired minutes. Pasta comes out perfect. Also great for cooking potatoes
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I use mine just for heating water. Anything else would leave a residue or grease. To clean the calcium build up just use vinegar. Why would you want to cook macaroni in it? Pasta needs a LOT of water to cook. I do like this pot because of the large opening so that its easy to clean.
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1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar. Fill it to the top and turn on the steamer. Let it run completely through. It worked for me once, since then not much luck. I had to throw it out.
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I use a teaspoon amount of filling (cheese, mushroom, etc). Found several nice recipes by googling 'mushroom ravioli filling' etc.
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Just finished our sauce. HAd about 12-14 lbs of apples, maybe 1 lb of waste at most. I don't peel or cut the apples at all. Just put them all in a big slow cooker, let it cool, then run them thru. It never fails to amaze me how easy it is. I save any little plastic containers (sour cream/margarine) and freeze it all. MUCH better than store bought to me.