pasta Definition
pasta (päs′tə)
noun
- a flour paste or dough made of semolina and dried, as for spaghetti and macaroni, or used fresh, as for ravioli
- any food or foods made of this
Etymology: It < LL < Gr pastē: see paste
pasta Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cook: What tips can you give me for cooking pasta to perfection?
- drain: Pour the egg and cheese mixture into the drained pasta and add the bacon.
- toss: Immediately drain, and toss the pasta in a healthy amount of olive oil.
- boil: Throw the frozen or fresh chopped veggies into the last several minutes of boiling pasta.
Preposition: with
sauce: Alternatively some pasta with a little tomato sauce run through it is a great side to any poultry dish.
Adjective modifier
- wholewheat: Diet Tips Go for high-fibre carbs such as brown rice, wholemeal bread, jacket potatoes and wholewheat pasta.
- wholemeal: Base each of your meals on a starch or complex carbohydrate such as potato, brown rice, wholemeal pasta or bread.
- home-made: Café Maurice Brasserie is open all day or choose from home-made pasta or pizza in Fratellis Italian restaurant.
- homemade: The host will teach you how to prepare homemade pasta together with special sauces which will be followed by dinner.
- canned: Many people use " fresh " pasta bought in a supermarket, or dried pasta, or... god help them... canned pasta.
- fresh: Fresh pasta will keep refrigerated for 3 - 4 days or can be frozen for up to a month.
Modifies a noun
- sauce: Adding them to a pasta sauce or soup will take up the flavor of the dish.
- dish: M: filet steak with pepper sauce; pasta dish of the day.
- salad: Well, can I at least have some pasta salad?
- dough: From what ingedients you should keep in your pasta larder to how to make basic pasta dough.
- bake: I made a pasta bake yesterday evening that could referee a football match better than those two fools.
Noun used with modifier
- penne: Try it with penne pasta with salmon in a creamy sauce, charcuterie or even pan fried venison.
- wholegrain: The wholegrain varieties of starchy foods are a particularly good choice, for example wholemeal bread, brown rice and wholegrain pasta.
- tuna: Dinner comes as feta bake, tuna pasta and potato salad and it is wonderful.
- seafood: Seafood pastas Fresh and quick are the key words here.
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