Every pasta recipe tells you how to make it and then at the end just says "serve". . . There are actually a few tricks to finishing and plating pasta that I've learned from my family and thought I'd share.
1. A frying pan is your best friend for making sauce. (Today I'm using vegetable bolognese leftover from this recipe) If you are making for two, I make the entire sauce in the pan, but if it's a lot, go ahead and use a big pot and transfer some to a pan for finishing. Ok, so you've got your sauce in a large frying pan on low heat (sauce and pasta are already cooked, we're just tossing them together to make them happy):
2. When your pasta is done cooking, strain it and place it right in your frying pan:
3. Toss the pasta and sauce together:
By doing this, you are giving each piece a nice coating of sauce and letting it get absorbed a little bit.
Ok, next step, plating.
4. Using tongs, grab a big chunk of pasta and place it right in the middle of your plate. Don't worry if you don't get any of the sauce, we'll get to that in a minute:
5. With the tongs perpendicular to the plate, slowly spin.
6. You're starting to look like a pro already! When you get a nice circle-ish shape on the plate. Use the tongs to grab some of that sauce and place it right on top:
7. Now top with some freshly chopped basil:
Now you are ready to serve! All your guest will be super impressed : )
xoxo
Cool! Thanks!
That sauce looks amazing!
Thanks Leslie, very helpful
This tip is so great. .simple, yet effective, I can’t believe I’ve been messing around all these years and didn’t figure this out. Thanks!
You’re so welcome Bob 🙂