2. Things Needed to Prepare and Store Pasta
Baking Tray Kitchen Towel
Airtight Container Zip lock Bags
3.
4. Step 2
Dry the pasta sheets for 15 minutes before cutting into shapes
5. Step 3
Dust baking sheet with flour to lay the sheets of pasta. Dusting with
flour prevents the dough from sticking to the sheets.
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7. Step 5
Keep the smaller shapes of pasta to the baking sheet dusted with
flour. Ensure to flip the pasta so that both the sides dry properly.
8. Step 6
Dry the long-shaped pastas on the drying rack. If you are using a
chair to dry the pasta cover the back of the chair with a dish towel.
This also prevents the pasta from curling.
9. Step 7
For fettuccine and angel hair pasta, spin them to round nests instead of
hanging on the back of a chair. Flip the nests to dry them well. Round nest
pastas are easy to store.
10. Step 8
Dry the soft pastas for 15 minutes and hard pastas for 1 hour.
11. Step 9
Store the pasta in either air-tight containers or zip-lock bags depending on the
space available. Refrigerate the soft pasta and use it within a few days. Hard
pasta lasts for months and can be stored in a cabinet.