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This Sand Tart Cookie Recipe is our family recipe perfect for the Christmas & Holiday season making a big batch of cookies. These cookies are easy to customize to your tastes with various toppings and make a fun activity for everyone involved.
This sweet, Homemade Coffee Creamer recipe can be used in coffee or tea. It is made with 1 can of sweetened condensed milk and water or for a creamier option, you can use milk or half and half. It is infused with pure vanilla extract but can be customized with other extracts or even Baileys or rum for a boozy option. This creamer is so fast and easy to make for yourself or as an edible gift!
Maple Cinnamon Butter is a sweet and delicious butter recipe that is perfect for having on muffins, toast, popovers, bread, or just about anything you imagine. It only takes a few minutes and 4 simple ingredients to make this maple-cinnamon scented butter.
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Pasta water is the leftover liquid that you will get after the pasta has been cooked. Pasta water is packed with starchy, salty goodness that can be put to several uses in the kitchen.
People usually throw away the water that remains after they cook their pasta. This is an enormous waste because pasta water actually has many uses and can elevate plenty of dishes too!
If there's one thing most people overlook, especially when they have to preserve ingredients in their kitchen, it's pasta water. Once the pasta is cooked, no one even bothers to save it in a jar for later. It's immediately thrown away in the sink.
But what if we tell you that pasta water has A LOT of usefulness to it? If you're thinking about saving pasta water for next time and you don't know how or when you can use it again, then keep reading!
When your pasta is done cooking, remove them using a tong or pasta fork so that you can preserve the water at the bottom. We want to save as much pasta water as we can, so do this instead of draining it all at once! One cup of water per pot of pasta is enough.
Add your sauce to the pot of water and then stir. Place your pasta after this and stir accordingly. The starch content of the pasta water will add a silky richness to your sauce while the salt will give it the extra flavor that it needs without being too overpowering.
This trick sets other basic kinds of pasta apart from the ones you get at an Italian restaurant. Who would've thought that simple pasta water could do that, right?
Pasta water has so many uses that people give it credit for. Saving pasta water is another way of utilizing most of what you have and it also restricts the times that you have to go on a grocery run.
It's nice to have a few cups in your refrigerator with you and not only enhance the flavor of your dishes but help with other necessary needs at home too.
Do you save your pasta water as we do? Let us know in the comments!
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