Pelafino is always open to give you tips and ideas on how to choose products for every occasion from the wide range it offers, how to prepare them, serve them, as well as what toppings and seasonings will make your pasta the most delicious.
Pelafino pasta is carefully made for different occasions. The shape of the Pelafino products is obtained by selecting several types. Different recipes require different thickness and shape of pasta, which Pelafino products have. Hollow forms of pasta are chosen for dishes that need to be oven-baked. Round pasta (macaroni) and pasta with a ribbed surface are used for sauce dressing dishes. Thin pasta is used for dishes served with spicy hot sauce.
The pasta is boiled in a large amount of water. 100 grams of pasta requires 1 liter of water. In boiled water add 1 tablespoon or 8 to 10 grams of salt. The cooking time depends on the type of pasta being boiled and is different for each type of pasta. Dried pasta made from durum wheat is always boiled and served “al dante”. The expression “al dante” is Italian and means perfectly cooked pasta. “Al dante” cooked pasta should be firmly under the teeth to be bitten. Before the end of cooking, try the pasta and decide according to your taste when it has enough cooking.
Cooked pasta can be served in a deep and shallow dish. An ideal choice is a large shallow plate. If the cooked pasta is to be served with grated cheese or Parmesan, it is recommended that the cheese or Parmesan be grated immediately before serving, place in small deep bowls with a spoon, so that everyone can serve it on their own. Pasta is traditionally eaten with a fork. If boiled spaghetti with topping is eaten, it is also eaten with a fork only in smaller quantities.
Special side dishes and spices are used to prepare durum wheat pasta. Some side dishes and spices are available all year round, and some side dishes should be used dry and canned. In Italian cuisine, according to the traditional recipes for preparing pasta, the following side dishes and spices are most often used:
Peppers and tomatoes can be used fresh to prepare various sauces, and for fast food can be used various ready-made canned peppers and tomatoes.
Mushrooms are used fresh, dried and canned to make pasta sauces or to add to pasta salads and toppings. Green and black olives are also used for sauces and salads. Small, shiny black olives are used in pasta sauces. Pasta with garlic sauces, chili, etc., olives are used for cold appetizers. Olives should not be boiled, only heated, because if they are boiled in the sauce they can add a bitter taste. Boneless olives are always used.
Olive oil is most often used in Pelafino pasta recipes, when garlic, black tomatoes, red tomatoes are used.
Sunflower oil is commonly used in recipes for preparing Pelafino pasta, where side dishes or sauces are made from various types of cheese or yellow cheese. Corn oil is used when preparing recipes from Pelafino products where no spices are used. It is used when served with raw tomatoes, peppers, cauliflower, broccoli.
When cheese and yellow cheese are used in Pelafino pasta recipes, they should usually be served before serving, served as whole pieces or grated.
In the preparation of Pelafino pasta recipes, green dried or canned spices are used. Parsley can always be used as a spice supplement.
Aromatic spices, basil, oregano with tomatoes and olive oil are used in Italian recipes for preparing Pelafino pasta. Red hot peppers are used fresh, dried, or ground (Macedonian pepper) in the recipes of Pelafino pasta, but always with special care not to over-season.
There is not a single wine that cannot be served with pasta. But there are rules for choosing wine for pasta. If wine is used to prepare pasta dressing, then the same wine is used to serve the dish. Strong wine is served with boiled pasta seasoned with garlic, chili, Parmesan, or other hard cheese. White wines are served with fish, shrimp, and mussel dressings, and red wines are served with meat dressing, red meat, and game meat.
