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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11:00 am 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.

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Question:

Have you made laminated pasta with a flour other than white flour that would have more nutritional value? If so, any favorites?

— Melissa Bryant

Answer:

If you look at the Rouxbe recipe for making the Mad, the Manti, um, that is probably the best recipe that I have ever used for making laminated pasta, whether it be to make the manati, to make lasagna. And yes, I have used it to make spaghetti as well, and that works very, very well. I will say, um, uh, it's hard to make a, um, laminated pasta. Uh, I use a Selina and then I use, uh, unbleached white flour if the recipe calls for it. So, um, there is a thing called unbleached white, and it has a little brown texture to it. And that I remember doing that, uh, for my assignment, because I will tell you that when I was a student at Rouxbe, every assignment that I ever did begin with, no salt or oil was used in this assignment. So, uh, I made it through and, uh, still managed to cook that same exact way. So check the Rouxbe recipe for the manati. It's the best one that I know. And just switch out to flours. I think that will work.
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