On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:07:35 +0200, "Pandora" >
wrote:

>>>I think, instead, that the problem is only the kind of pasta. vermicelli
>>>are
>>>very thin (they cook in 1-2 minutes) and they aren't proper to be cooked
>>>with an heavy cream mixed with pesto. Vermicelli, IMHO, should be seasoned
>>>only with a light tomatoes sauce : a lot of oil, some onions, tomatoes and
>>>oregano.
>>>Cheers
>>>Pandora
>>
>> "Heavy" cream here in the US is probably not so heavy as you imagine,
>> especially as there was no cheese in the sauce. It would have been
>> fine if the sauce hadn't disappeared.
>
>I don't understand! You have said you've mixed a pesto sauce with cream,
>haven't you?

I probably misunderstood your comment that "vermicelli... should be
dressed only with a light tomato sauce." I thought that you were
implying that the cream was too heavy for a thin pasta.

If that's not the case, what is your objection to vermicelli with
pesto cream sauce?

>If you have done so, probably the cream was really too heavy. Have you tried
>to lengthen it with a little milk

I didn't try milk because it started out rather thin. In fact I was
initially worried that it was too soupy, but as it turned out, the
pasta sucked up the sauce (as Vilco would say ;>)

> and a little oil?

There was plenty of oil from the pesto.

>> You could be right that vermicelli won't work for this sauce; probably
>> because the thinness provides relatively more surface area for sauce
>> absorption.
>
>I Am convinced that Vermicelli aren't ok for this preparation, but try with
>the counsils I gave to you.

>> I'll probably try one more time, with Barilla and possibly adding some
>> of the cooking water as a last resort. If none of that works, I'll
>> give up on this dream. Darn!
>
>Ok let me know!
>Pandora
>
It seems to me that I've done this before with success, but not for a
while. Perhaps I also *or instead) of changing pasta brands I need to
change the brand of cream though I can't see how that would make a
difference either. Or maybe adding the cheese as Libido suggests
would do it.
Sue(tm)
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