Quick Questions on ANYTHING part 2. Please read first post for links to other threads

carolinejane_2

my idea was to be able to warm up spag bol in the pan and do the pasta at the same time in the steamer part

hot.chick

do it the other way round - cook the pasta in the pan an the spag bol should heat up on the top bit in the 10+ mins it took to cook the pasta

meritaten

I am not sure I am understanding this question? can you cook paster in a steamer? well, not in the steam part if you are using dried pasta as it needs the water to plump up. and fresh pasta..........how would you flavour it? it needs the salted water doesnt it? and steamed bol sauce? wouldnt it fall through the holes in the steamer?
I may be wrong.......but I cannot see how that would work. try it hun, and come back and tell us!!!

MrsBartolozzi

Oh I see, bolog sauce needs heated up too, gotcha!

Could you put the sauce in a bowl in the steamer part with the lid on? You'd probably need to start it off a few mins before putting in the pasta, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. (My granny used to heat up a plate of food over a pan with the lid over the plate (kwim?) sometimes).

paulwf

It'll be far easier and better to cook the sauce and the pasta separately (neither pasta or sauce will steam well). HOWEVER you could batch cook 2 or 3 portions of each then mix together, then you can reheat the pasta and sauce mix in the same pan.

HappyinSpain

I tried cooking pasta shells in my electric steamer a few weeks ago - you place the pasta in a bowl and add water to cover and steam for about 15 minutes. I wont be doing it again as the texture was quite strange - ugh.

rachbc

pasta needs to absorb lots of water to cook - therefore steaming it won't work. if you are set on using the steamer I'd warm the sauce in a bowl above the cooking pasta but suspec the mw would be quicker

zippychick

Hi Cj

now you have a few suggestions, I've merged this with the Quick questions thread, to help others in future

thanks
Zip

tinkerbelluk

Hi all - I've got a kind of Old Style question, kind of not. I'm looking for an iphone app that can help me with meal planning. I used to used good old paper & pen but I tend to need to see what the plan is during the day so hence wondering if there's anything for the iphone - anyone have any ideas?

CupOfChai

Hi guys, me again. If I cook say a vegetable curry or bake and freeze it for defrosting and reheating another time, will the veggies go all mushy and pants or will it still be the same? How about only part-cooking it, would that make a difference?