2023-10-31 18:30:00
Does the dough cooking time vary from brand to brand? This is a question that many pasta lovers have run into before, especially when trying to mix leftovers from different brands in the same pan. Although seemingly identical, pasta from different brands may actually require very different cooking times.
At Lidl, orzo (a variety of Greek pasta) cooks in six to seven minutes, while Aldi’s takes 14 to 16 minutes to cook. How is this explained?
“There are several reasons why it is better not to mix two different brands of pasta,” explains Veerle Jacobs, owner of the Mister Spaghetti restaurant chain, interviewed by our colleagues at HLN. “Besides the thickness of the dough, the composition of the flour is perhaps the most important factor. »
If the proportion of wheat, water and other ingredients or the type of wheat used can vary from one brand to another, Adelheid Muys, quality controller at the pasta manufacturer Soubry, is nuanced. For her, the fineness of the dough is the most important factor. “Five hundredths of a millimeter can have a huge impact on cooking time. »
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