Fresh pasta, like tagliatelle, requires proper drying to avoid sticking together before cooking. Utilizing a clothes hanger offers a simple solution for creating a makeshift pasta drying rack. By draping the noodles over the hanger's base, sufficient air circulation allows the pasta to firm up without clumping. Additionally, cleaning the hanger and wrapping certain materials in plastic helps ensure a non-stick surface, while avoiding thinner metal hangers protects the delicate noodles from damage.
Fresh pasta noodles need to air dry before you cook them to prevent them from sticking together... hung on the evenly-spaced wooden dowels of a pasta drying rack.
To transform a clothes hanger into a pasta dryer, simply drape your lengths of tagliatelle over the base, leaving a small gap between each strand.
If using a wooden hanger, you should give it a quick wipe down before draping your pasta... other types of hangers... can benefit from being wrapped in plastic wrap first.
We'd also avoid using those thin metal hangers that often come from the dry cleaners as they could cut through the delicate texture of your pasta dough.
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