Commercial-style pasta which
is similar to the regular store-bought kind, but is made with only the
top quality unbleached semolina. This pasta is called Commercial-style
because it is forced dried in 5-6 hours.
Home-made style pastas that
are naturally dried in 50-52 hours. These pastas taste just as the
pasta your Grandmother made that were dried on the family beds. Because
these pastas are dried naturally we can make shapes that cannont be made
in the commercial types.
Our Special Pasta Selections include...
Low-net Carbohydrate pastas
for sugar and fat restricted diets. Whole grain pastas that contain the
bran for ruffage. Non-wheat/non-gluten pastas for those with alergies and illnesses.
Flavored and different colored pastas for those that want their meals to
have a unique look. Spicy Pastas. Roasted Pasta. Organic Pasta. Ravioli, Mannicotti, Stuffed Shells, Tortellini, and Gnocchi in many flavors. <
All of our pasta is made with only the top quality unbleached flours.
You never cook pasta. What you're doing is reconstituting it, putting the water back in as you do when you reconstitute dry mushrooms. You can also do this using cold water but because boiling water is much thinner and lighter than cold water, the pasta reconstitutes much faster and less mealy.
You should never rinse pastaor add oil to the water. Rinsing cooked pasta takes off the thin layer of starch which enables the sauce to adhere to it. The only exception to this is if you are making a cold pasta salad. Adding oil to the water hinders the reconstitution of the pastas that get coated with the oil. Pasta should never stick if you use a big enough pot with enough water and stir until a rolling boil is attained which is enough to keep the pasta from sticking.
When we first opened our store in 1946 we were primarly known for our fresh mozzarella. Even though we now feature pasta and pasta gift arrangements, many of our long-time customers still consider us to be a Latticcini (milk-products store). We make our Mozzarella, on premisis, at least twice every day.
At The Pasta Store we say "Our Mozzarelle are so fresh they squirt in your eye."
