The TikTok user has been slammed for the culinary creation, which they claimed is exactly like ‘fresh pasta’
A TikTok user has whipped up quite the discussion with their unconventional fettuccine spaghetti technique, though it’s not to everyone’s taste. In a video, the handle @creativecookingcouple_nm demonstrates slicing dry spaghetti in a blender to a chorus of dismay from pasta traditionalists.
Manually breaking down the pasta to fit inside the machine, a practice frowned upon by many Italian cuisine aficionados, certainly shook things up. To add some context to the controversy, food historian Francine Segan told Delish: “However, there is a strict consensus that breaking pasta is a no-no because the length of the pasta enhances the eating experience and aesthetics of the dish.”
Despite this, the viral clip suggests an intriguing and convenient approach to preparing a dish, defying culinary norms. The creator, claiming to have picked up the trick in Italy, faced backlash as viewers expressed their shock in the comments section, reports the Mirror.
Blended pasta dish
After blending the spaghetti into a fine paste, crack an egg into the mix. Stir the egg into the pasta paste to achieve a doughy consistency and knead it into a ball.
If necessary, add another egg before rolling out the dough on a surface dusted with pasta flour. The TikTok user then instructed to slice the flattened dough to create “fresh” pasta strips.
Carefully drop the strips into boiling water, cooking them for seven minutes. Concurrently, warm up pasta sauce in a separate pan, seasoning it with oregano.
Once the pasta is done, drain it, serve onto plates, and top with the pasta sauce and optional cheese. “It is the perfect consistency,” claimed the TikTok user. “It is soft, it tastes exactly like fresh pasta.”
However, several commenters on the post criticised the method. “That is NOT fresh pasta love,” one commenter pointed out.
Another remarked: “This is actually more complicated than it would be to make pasta from scratch.”
One particularly doubtful commenter posted: “So the entire kg of pasta becomes a meal for one basically? Very cost effective also doesn’t oil prevent the sauce from staying on the noodles?”
Meanwhile, someone else questioned: “Why would I grind down pasta just to make pasta, make this make sense!”
