Italian food is familiar to the tongue of the Japanese people. If all this time we know the most delicious pastas only macaroni, spaghetti, or lasagna, meaning we do not know much about this dish.
Actually, the meaning of the word 'pasta' in Italian is food dough. This meaning becomes very wide, can be for bread dough, cake, and so forth.
While the special dough for pasta is called 'pastasciutta'. Generally the dough is made of semolina wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt.
Types of the most common delicious pastas
In the country of origin itself is available 600 types of pasta with different names, you know.
But this time you need to know first the most popular pasta types in Indonesia, complete with restaurants that provide it.
Macaroni
Actually macaroni have diverse forms, there is a long and widely consumed in the UK known as long macaroni.
While short and widely consumed Americans known as elbow macaroni. Eats made from this type of delicious pasta is Mac n Cheese.
The famous American dish combines soft and chewy macaroni with cheese that is certainly creamy and savory.
Usually in it is also given a beef or bacon sprinkling, one of which is in Auntie's Kitchen restaurant.
Come on, hunt Mac n Cheese delicious at Auntie's Kitchen, located on Jalan Boulevard Timur Raya Block NE1 No. 38, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
assorted-pasta
Spaghetti
Spaghetti may include a type of pasta that is no stranger to be provided at home. Before cooked, this one pasta form like stick.
When it is cooked, it will be very similar to the noodles with a thicker texture and feels more supple when bitten.
It is believed that spaghetti is one of the oldest types of pasta in Italy. But do you already know? There is also a pasta that looks similar to spaghetti, the spaghettini.
The difference lies in the size of spaghettini is smaller and thinner.
If curious with spaghettini, can try to stop at AW Kitchen that serves Nero Spaghettini with asparagus and ikura alias salmon roe. AW Kitchen is located at Plaza Senayan, 4th Floor, Jalan Asia Afrika, Senayan, South Jakarta.
how to make spaghetti
Lasagna
The next paste is identical to the shape of a rectangle and like a layer. Lasagna is usually cooked in layers along with bechamel sauce, a classic French creamy sauce made of butter, flour, and milk.
Some people also love it with bolognese sauce. Drop into Bottega Ristorante and do not miss the Truffle Mushroom Lasagna that looks very tempting.