pasta tortellini
HISTORY OF PASTA: Typically, pasta is a noodle made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. It can also be made with flour from other cereals or grains. [ citation needed ] Pastas may be divided into two broad categories, dried ( pasta secca ) and fresh ( pasta fresca ). Most dried pasta is commercially produced via an extrusion process although it can be produced in most homes. Fresh pasta was traditionally produced by hand, sometimes with the aid of simple machines, [3] but today many varieties of fresh pasta are also commercially produced by large-scale machines, and the products are widely available in supermarkets. Since the time of Cato, basic pasta dough has been made mostly of wheat flour or semolina, [4] with durum wheat use...