{"id":14771,"date":"2016-12-05T17:02:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borges1896.com\/in-en\/blog\/five-keys-pasta\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T17:02:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:02:30","slug":"five-keys-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borges1896.com\/in-en\/blog\/five-keys-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"5 keys to understanding pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You cook it at home, you can find it in restaurants all over the world, you invent and reinvent it with whatever you\u2019ve got to hand and you can\u2019t get enough of it. If you\u2019d like to know more about this highly versatile ingredient, here are five keys to understanding pasta:<\/p>\n<p>Pasta is a <strong>great source of the carbohydrates and nutrients<\/strong> your body needs to work properly. And by cooking it <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/pasta-al-dente\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">al dente<\/span><\/em><\/a>, you reduce its glycemic index, which means it won&#8217;t give you such a sugar rush.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many different <strong>types of pasta <\/strong>that you could eat a different one every day of the month: long pastas like spaghetti or fettuccine, short pastas such as penne o farfalle, dry pasta or fresh pasta\u2026 In general, short varieties work best with thick sauces; hollow shapes, with creamy sauces; and long, spiral shapes, with spicy sauces. You can find out more about these kinds of pasta and the ideal sauces to go with them in this <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/kinds-of-pasta\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">post<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although <strong>most pastas are traditionally made from<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/healthy-wheat-pasta\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>wheat<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, today you can find <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/kinds-of-pasta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lots of other kinds<\/span><\/a>. Spelt pastas are an increasingly popular, healthy alternative; pasta made out of maize, rice and buckwheat are all gluten free; and wholewheat pastas are made using the whole grain. The less refined the pasta, the more fibre, protein and micronutrients (and the fewer carbohydrates) it contains.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very important to put pay to any old myths surrounding pasta and make it quite clear that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/properties-of-pasta\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pasta is not fattening<\/span><\/a>!<\/strong> A 100\u00a0g serving of hard wheat pasta contains 350 calories, mostly carbohydrates making up almost 15% of the daily needs of someone doing physical activity. It also contains proteins, minerals, water and a small amount of fat.<\/p>\n<p>Go easy on the sauces and other ingredients, though: this is where the calorie count can start to climb. Why not try <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/three-ideas-steaming-food-with-pasta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">steamed vegetables<\/span><\/a>? Or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/three-original-healthy-tasty-pasta-salads\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">salads<\/span><\/a>? Or 100% <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/three-vegetarian-pasta-recipes\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veggie recipes<\/a><\/span>? There\u2019s a rich and varied world beyond pasta Bolognese and Carbonara, and a pasta dish is a <strong>great way to cut calories<\/strong>. Today you can even find pasta dishes for when you\u2019re on a <a href=\"http:\/\/worldwide.borges.es\/blogpost\/three-pasta-recipes-youre-diet\/?en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">diet<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cook it at home, you can find it in restaurants all over the world, you invent and reinvent it&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14772,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 keys to understanding pasta - Borges India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/borges1896.com\/in-en\/blog\/five-keys-pasta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 keys to understanding pasta - Borges India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You cook it at home, you can find it in restaurants all over the world, you invent and reinvent it...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/borges1896.com\/in-en\/blog\/five-keys-pasta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Borges India\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-05T17:02:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mortensen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mortensen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mortensen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9ce1a648d852dd65f2508352b7f9a60\"},\"headline\":\"5 keys to understanding pasta\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-05T17:02:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":362,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/\",\"name\":\"5 keys to understanding pasta - Borges India\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-05T17:02:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f9ce1a648d852dd65f2508352b7f9a60\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Borges - Cinco claves para entender la pasta\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/blog\\\/five-keys-pasta\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 keys to understanding pasta\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/borges1896.com\\\/in-en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Borges India\",\"description\":\"Here we enjoy healthy and tasty cuisine. 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