Overcooked pasta is the worst, but if it happens to you, don’t just throw it away, you can actually use it to make whole new dishes.
That’s the advice of Michelin-starred chef Davide Scabin of the Combal Zero restaurant in Rivoli, Italy, which currently sits at number 59 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 51-100 list.
In the video below, Scabin whips his overcooked pasta up in a blender to create a substance he calls ‘pongo.’ He makes all sorts of things from it – tacos, soufflés and even uses it as a sauce for pasta itself.
Take a look: some of these recipes are quite advanced, but they should spark ideas about what to do with overcooked pasta, so even if you have a disaster in the kitchen, remember, don’t throw that overcooked pasta away.
