Storing cooked pasta for later consumption

fixit_fiona

Hi all just a quick one ish. So bear in mind on my post that I’m a stage 4 cancer patient, I can’t stand for long, so if I manage to cook it’s earlier to eat later, my son is on opposite times to me so he doesn’t eat till late 11pm 12am etc - I often cook earlier to eat at around 7/8pm so anything has still been standing, if I wanted to store pasta I’ve cooked from earlier in the day to leave for my son or to eat later. (I’m a cancer patient and...

Originally asked by Ellie on Stack Exchange (cooking) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

There are a few main variables that will result in soggy, swollen pasta leftovers. For example, the sauce you serve the pasta with could be leaching out liquid which is being absorbed by the pasta. This is especially likely if you often find water pooling underneath your Spag Bol. This can be avoided by cooking the sauce for longer so that the excess water evaporates. As you said though, standing for long periods is difficult for you. So rather than standing in front of the cooker for a few hours, stirring the sauce and making sure it doesn't catch. You could bake the sauce in the oven, on a low to medium gas mark / temperature. The other really great thing you can do is to use a small...

Full answer by Hollis Hurlbut: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/130528 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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