6/17/10

Matching Pasta Sauce With Your Pasta

In most cases, unless you've really cooked the underlying pasta badly, the pasta sauce you choose to put with it will be what makes or breaks your meal.

But sometimes it works in reverse as well, where the thing that determines how well the sauce works will actually be the size and shape of the pasta you're using.

There are certain pastas that work better with certain sauces, and some that will be swallowed up. It will help if you can find a guide to pasta that will show you which types of pasta and which sauces fit best together.

Finding a specific type of pasta sauce isn't always easy, even after you've matched the type of pasta you're using with the sort of sauce that should accompany it.

But a website like www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?search=pasta+sauce will allow you to search for pasta dishes with sauces, and once you're at that search page, you can refine the search even further.

For example, if you've got special dietary considerations, it lets you choose things like "Low Fat," "Healthy," "Vegan," and so on. You can also specify the main ingredient of your dish and which course it's for, and even choose from different ethnic cuisines.

When someone thinks "pasta sauce," usually the first thing they think of is something Italian, with lots of tomatoes. That stands to reason, since pasta itself has been so closely associated with Italy for so long.

Therefore, a great many of the recipes on these websites will be for Italian made sauces. Even so, not all of them will be meat-heavy and thick with tomatoes. You'll find many light and creamy sauces as well, or those made with several cheeses.

Whatever type of meal you wish to serve with the type of pasta you have on hand, you will find just the right sauce for it with a little research.

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