One TikTok sensation has stirred quite the controversy with their novel fettuccine spaghetti hack, leaving traditionalists unconvinced. The account, dubbed @creativecookingcouple_nm, posted footage of dry spaghetti being chopped up in a blender.
During the process, the content creator was seen breaking the pasta by hand to fit it into the machinery an act deemed sacrilege by devout pasta lovers. To add to the authenticity, Francine Segan, a food historian, explained to 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 the backlash from committed connoisseurs, the TikTok clip suggests that flouting conventional culinary rules can lead to delicious results. The poster even claimed to have picked up the trick in Italy, although comments under the video expressed sheer disbelief, reports the Mirror.
Blended Pasta Dish
After blending the spaghetti into a fine paste, an egg is cracked into the starchy mixture. The egg and pasta paste are mixed together to create a dough-like texture, which is then pressed together until it forms a ball.
If needed, another egg can be added before rolling out the dough with a rolling pin after dusting it with pasta flour. The flat dough is then cut to create “fresh” pasta strips, as per the TikTok user’s instructions.
These strips are gently placed into boiling water and cooked for seven minutes. Meanwhile, pasta sauce is heated in another pan with oregano added for seasoning.
Once the pasta is cooked, it is drained, plated up, and topped with the pasta sauce and optional cheese. “It is the perfect consistency,” the TikTok user claimed. “It is soft, it tastes exactly like fresh pasta.”
However, several commenters on the post criticised the dish. “That is NOT fresh pasta love,” one person wrote.
Another commented: “This is actually more complicated than it would be to make pasta from scratch.”
One particularly sceptical commenter questioned: “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?”
Another asked: “Why would I grind down pasta just to make pasta, make this make sense!”