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Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, December 03, 2024 at 1:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.
Question:
Any tips on how to cook chickpea pasta? Mine does not seem to soften enough, even if I go a couple of minutes over the boiling time on the package.
— Connie Rounds
Answer:
Do not overcook the chick pea pasta. You can follow the ingredients. I mean the, um, the information on the box, the instructions on the box. I would undercook it by a minute. I would rinse it as suggested, and then I would put it into a pan with my sauce so that it would cook for an additional minute and you would arrive to the texture that you like. But you chickpea pasta, I find, to be the trickiest of them all. I personally prefer using corn pasta. And, uh, that seems to hold together a little bit better than the bean pastas, but that's just my experience. Follow the directions, cook it a minute less, add it into your pan of sauce, into a saute pan with sauce, and I think you'll arrive to the, uh, texture that you are accustomed to with regular dishes.
