Pasta has long become one of the most popular side dishes, although using a saucepan is not so easy to prepare something delicious. If you figure out how to cook pasta in a slow cooker, this problem can be quickly solved. Housewives using modern devices from the Redmond, Polaris, Tefal or Panasonic brands are able to prepare a real culinary masterpiece even from such a simple component. With this approach, it is not necessary to limit yourself to the banal boiling of the product; sauces, vegetables, meat, and various dressings are used.
Regardless of which device is used - Polaris, Redmond or their analogues, you need to adhere to basic recommendations for boiling the product:
- The pasta is first immersed in the bowl of the device, after which it is filled with water. The liquid must completely cover the products.
- Be sure to add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to the water, otherwise the dish will turn into a sticky lump.
- In multicookers Redmond, Polaris and most others, the “Pasta”, “Pilaf”, and Steam modes are suitable for processing pasta.”
- The duration of treatment depends on the recommended time on the product packaging and averages 7-12 minutes.
You need to add 2 minutes to the indicated indicator.
Despite the existence of basic rules, you can get a high-quality result only through regular use of methods and their independent correction. It is best to start with basic options for boiling the product, after which it is possible to complicate the approaches by introducing additional components.
- Original recipe for making shells
- First, prepare the filling for the pasta by frying the minced meat with finely chopped onion. Add salt and spices to taste. We carry out processing until ready.
Tip: For cooking in a slow cooker, it is best to use large versions of pasta, which so often remain undercooked when using a saucepan. They reach readiness quite quickly and are not overcooked.
- We fill each element of pasta with prepared minced meat and place it in the Redmond multicooker. Carefully fill the pieces with cold water, covering no more than a couple of centimeters. Salt the liquid; you can place a couple of bay leaves on its surface.
- The optimal version of the program is “Pilaf”. If the pasta is large and dense, then the processing is carried out within 40 minutes. Otherwise, you first need to set the timer for 20 minutes and then act according to the circumstances.
Place the finished product on plates and sprinkle with grated cheese mixed with chopped herbs. Serve hot.
Classic pasta preparation
In the Polaris multicooker, if desired, you can prepare a wide variety of pasta dishes, but it is recommended to start with basic approaches.
- For 250 g of any pasta, take 350 ml of water, a teaspoon of butter and a little salt.
- Place the pasta in a bowl. Finely chop the butter and place the pieces on the workpiece. Next, pour water along the wall. The liquid must cover the products completely. Add the whole mixture and close the lid.
- The Polaris multicooker has a “Pasta” mode, in which the product can be cooked due to the slow evaporation of water, due to which it cooks evenly. Processing time ranges from 7 to 9 minutes depending on the type of pasta.
- If the design of the device allows you to install a grate, then you can steam vegetables at the same time as the pasta.
Season the finished products with spices, sprinkle with grated cheese, and serve with cheese or cream sauce.
How can you prepare pasta in the form of nests?
Nests, which are not at all easy to boil in a regular pan of water, can be prepared using a Panasonic multicooker or other similar devices.
- For 8 nests we will need 300 g of minced chicken, two-thirds of a glass of grated hard cheese, water, 3 tablespoons of ketchup or tomato paste, a couple of small onions, spices and salt to taste.
- We place the nests in the multicooker so that the distance between them is minimal, but the products do not touch. Mix the minced meat with chopped onion, add salt and spices. Place the filling in the nests and coat the top with ketchup.
- Pour water into the bowl along the side and add some salt. The liquid should only reach the middle height of the nest.
- We select the “Pilaf” mode, which will first start the steaming process and then lightly fry the workpieces. We choose the time ourselves. Depending on the density and thickness of the products, it can range from 12 to 25 minutes.
Place the finished nests on plates, sprinkle with grated cheese, and you can additionally decorate the dish with herbs. In this case, you should not try to replace the minced chicken with beef, it may remain raw. And if you increase the exposure time, the texture of the pasta will noticeably suffer.
Cooking pasta in a slow cooker is as easy as cooking anything else. This product may seem simple and ordinary, but only at first glance. Today we will tell you how tasty, interesting and original it is to cook pasta in a Philips multicooker.
Italian cannelloni are long, tube-shaped pasta with a fairly large diameter. It is thanks to this shape that such products are very easy to stuff with a variety of fillings. Let's try cooking this pasta in a Philips slow cooker. We will need the following:
- cannelloni – 250 g;
- onion – 1 head;
- meat – 0.5 kg;
- hard cheese – 200 g;
- tomato paste – 2 tbsp;
- water – 150 g;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- olive oil – 2 tbsp;
- sunflower oil – 1 tbsp;
- salt, black pepper, dried basil - to taste.
The process of preparing stuffed pasta in a Philips multicooker is as follows:
- Use any meat you like. It can be pork or less fatty beef or chicken. Separate the meat from the bones, trim off the veins and membranes, if any. Grind the fillet in a meat grinder.
- Peel the onion and garlic, cut the onion into small cubes, pass the garlic through a press. Mix the products with chopped meat.
- Preheat the multicooker in the “Fry” mode, pour sunflower oil into the container, add the minced meat, close the lid and cook the meat for 20 minutes, stirring several times.
- Remove the filling from the bowl of the device and combine with grated cheese, mix.
- Boil the cannelloni in salted water until tender.
- Dilute tomato paste with water, add salt, spices and olive oil.
- Fill the finished cannelloni with minced meat and place in the bowl of the device. Pour tomato sauce on top, lower the lid, activate the “Stew” program.
- Cook the pasta in the Philips slow cooker for 20 minutes.
Place hot cannelloni on plates, sprinkle with fresh herbs, and treat your family.
Bolognese pasta in a Philips multicooker
Fans of Italian cuisine will surely love this recipe. After tasting tender pasta with thick, rich and spicy Bolognese sauce, you will plunge into the atmosphere of sunny Italy. To cook pasta in a Philips slow cooker according to this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
- minced beef – 0.3 kg;
- dry red wine – 100 g;
- onion – 1 head;
- carrots – 1 pc.;
- celery – 1 pc.;
- tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
- tomato paste – 1 tbsp;
- water – 100 g;
- garlic – 3 cloves;
- spaghetti – 200 g;
- olive oil – 2 tbsp;
- salt, black pepper.
The process of cooking pasta in a Philips multicooker consists of the following steps:
- Set the multicooker to the “Porridge” mode, pour water into the container, salt it and wait for the liquid to boil. Then boil the spaghetti in water until tender, drain it in a colander and temporarily transfer it to another bowl. Wash and dry the empty multicooker bowl.
- Peel the onions, carrots and garlic. Pour olive oil into the container of the device and add finely chopped onions and grated carrots. Turn on the "Fry" mode and fry the vegetables until soft.
- Wash the tomatoes and cut into thin slices or small cubes. Pass the garlic through a press. Place the garlic in the bowl of the device, mix with onions and carrots, add tomatoes. Mix the ingredients again, lower the lid and fry the vegetables for 10 minutes.
- Dissolve tomato paste in water and pour the sauce into the bowl. Add salt and spices, place the ground beef in the container and mix everything thoroughly.
- Close the lid and cook the dish for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, wash and chop the celery greens. After 20 minutes, open the lid of the device, add celery and pour in red wine. Continue simmering the sauce for another 10 minutes.
- After this, place the boiled spaghetti in the bowl, mix with the sauce and cook the pasta in the Philips multicooker for another 10 minutes.
Bolognese pasta is ready. Divide it into portions and treat your family. Bon appetit!
Pasta in a Philips multicooker cooked with pork belly
This hearty and tasty dish perfectly combines vegetables, pasta and meat. Our recipe will help you quickly and easily prepare a delicious dinner for the whole family. To make this pasta in a Philips multicooker, you will need:
- pasta – 250 g;
- pork belly – 0.3 kg;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- onion – 1 head;
- chili pepper – 1 pod;
- cream – 1 glass;
- sunflower oil – 1 tbsp;
- olive oil – 1 tbsp;
- coriander greens – 4-5 sprigs;
- salt, black pepper.
A description of the process of cooking pasta in a Philips multicooker is presented below:
- Remove the peel from the onion and finely chop it. Remove the core from the pepper, cut the vegetable into strips, and chop the tomatoes into thin slices. Wash the cilantro, shake off and chop. Cut the pork belly into cubes.
- Turn on your appliance and activate the “Fry” program. Pour sunflower oil into a bowl, immerse the onion in it and sauté for 5-7 minutes.
- Add pork belly and chili pepper to the fried onions. Cook the food for another 10 minutes in the same mode. After this, place the tomatoes in the bowl, stir the ingredients and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add salt and seasonings, as well as cilantro. Pour in the cream, stir the ingredients and cook with the lid closed for another 5 minutes.
- Place dry pasta in the appliance container and add a little water. The liquid should barely cover the pasta. Activate the “Buckwheat” program and cook the pasta in the Philips multicooker for 30 minutes.
- Taste the dish for salt, add a spoonful of olive oil, close the lid again and simmer the pasta in the Philips multicooker for 10 minutes in the “Keep Warm” mode.
Sprinkle the finished dish with grated cheese and serve. Bon appetit.
Pasta with minced meat in a Philips multicooker
In this recipe we will use nest-shaped pasta. We will put the filling inside each nest, and the finished dish will look very beautiful. To prepare pasta with minced meat in a Philips multicooker you will need:
- “nest” pasta – 8 pcs.;
- water – 0.5 l;
- pork or beef – 300 g;
- hard cheese – 200 g;
- sour cream – 0.5 cups;
- onion – 1 head;
- eggs – 1 pc.;
- sunflower oil – 2 tbsp;
- salt pepper.
Stages of cooking pasta in a Philips multicooker:
- Peel and chop the onion. Wash the meat, remove all excess from it, cut the fillet into pieces and pass through a meat grinder. Grind the hard cheese on a grater.
- Mix the minced meat with onion, salt and pepper, beat in the egg and mix everything thoroughly.
- Grease the bottom of a multi-cooker saucepan with vegetable oil, pour sour cream into the container. Place “nest” pasta on sour cream.
- Make small balls from the minced meat and place them inside each nest. Pour water into the bowl, lower the lid and turn on the “Pilaf” program.
- Cook the pasta in the Philips slow cooker for 1 hour. About 10 minutes before the end of the program, sprinkle the dish with grated cheese.
Place the finished pasta on beautiful plates, garnish with your favorite herbs and serve. We hope your family will appreciate the beautiful appearance and wonderful taste of this dish.
Pasta in a Philips slow cooker, cooked with chicken and Brussels sprouts
After reading this recipe, you will be convinced that with a small set of ingredients you can prepare a simple, tasty and beautiful dish. It’s easy to make such pasta in a Philips multicooker; to do this, stock up on the following products:
- Separate the chicken meat from the bones and cut into pieces. Peel the onion and chop into half rings.
- Heat the butter in a multi-cooker container, setting the device to the “Fry” mode. Add the onion and sauté until translucent.
- Then place the Brussels sprouts in the bowl, close the lid and cook for another 20 minutes.
- Pour the cream into the slow cooker, salt and pepper the mixture to taste, wait until the liquid boils and thickens a little.
- Break up the spaghetti and add to the rest of the ingredients. Pour in enough water to cover the spaghetti. Activate the “Pilaf” mode and cook the pasta in the Philips multicooker for 30 minutes.
This wonderful side dish goes well with any meat dish. Bon appetit!
Pasta in a Philips multicooker. Video
When cooking pasta, miracle saucepans “multi-cookers” live up to advertising slogans that they simplify the life of housewives and free up personal time. Now you don’t need large pans to ensure that the pasta feels good and doesn’t crowd, you don’t need a colander, a frying pan and, most importantly, you don’t need to stand over it with a stopwatch in your hands so that God forbid you overcook it. In a slow cooker you will immediately prepare a delicious side dish - fried vegetables and perfectly cooked pasta, you just need to pour the right amount of boiling water over them, which will be absorbed without leaving a trace, and sprinkle with grated cheese before serving, what could be simpler? Pasta in a slow cooker is simple and even simpler.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Number of servings: 4 pcs.
Ingredients
- 200 g durum wheat pasta (I use multi-colored pasta with added vegetables)
- 320 ml boiling water
- 3 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 100 g onions
- 100 g carrots
- salt to taste
- some cheese for decoration
To prepare the pasta, we used a multicooker-pressure cooker Brand 6051 with a power of 1000 W and a bowl capacity of 5 liters.
Preparation
Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
Wash and peel the carrots, grate them on a fine grater.
Set the “frying” mode, pour 3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and when it is hot enough, add the diced onion. Fry the onion, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until transparent.
Then add the grated carrots (you can add your favorite herbs if you wish) and continue to fry for another 3 minutes, stirring the carrots occasionally and bringing them to softness.
Turn off the “fry” mode, and while the roasted vegetables are still hot, add the pasta and stir lightly. Meanwhile, turn on the kettle to have boiling water at hand.
For every 100g of pasta you need to add 1 measuring cup of boiling water (160ml), in this recipe I use 200g of pasta, so you need to add 2 measuring cups of boiling water. Salt and stir the contents of the multicooker bowl.
Close the multicooker with a lid and set the appropriate mode for cooking pasta, if your model has a “pasta” mode - ideally, if not, use the “baking” mode for as many minutes as indicated for cooking pasta on the package. As soon as the operating mode is completed, open the lid and, after stirring again, place the pasta on a plate, since if you leave it in the multicooker, you risk overcooking it.
In my case, the cooking time for al dente pasta is 8 minutes, while the minimum cooking time in the “baking” mode is 10 minutes, this is a little inconvenient, since I had to be on guard to force the multicooker to turn off 2 minutes before the end of the mode.
There is one more nuance. In a multicooker-pressure cooker, even in the “baking” mode, the steam release valve blocks the lid and it cannot be opened while the mode is operating. Meanwhile, I would really like to open it, because, in my opinion, pasta needs to be stirred at least once during cooking. Unmixed pasta ends up a little drier on top than needed. Therefore, if you have the opportunity to open the lid, do it halfway through the cooking time of the pasta in the multicooker, stir lightly and close again until the end of the mode.
