Learn how I experimented with making gluten-free spaghetti hoops using Piccolo Baby Pasta. Find out if they were a success!
Experimenting with Homemade Gluten-Free Mini Spaghetti Hoops
Watch as tiny gluten-free spaghetti hoops are made using Piccolo Baby Pasta in this unique and creative cooking demonstration. The video, originally part of the Jamie Tries Cooking series in 2023, showcases the process of making these miniature pasta shapes from scratch, providing viewers with a fun and entertaining look at the culinary world.
Creating pasta in such a small and intricate form requires skill and precision, making it a fascinating watch for food enthusiasts and aspiring chefs alike. The attention to detail and craftsmanship involved in this video is sure to inspire viewers to get creative in their own kitchens and experiment with new and exciting recipes.
Mini Spaghetti Adventures: A Tiny Twist on Gluten-Free Pasta
So in a change to the usual format I’m going to do a little bit of an experiment while walking in the supermarket in the children’s aisle as I shall call it where there are a lot of snacks aimed at young children I saw this which is Piccolo cooking rice pasta which happens to be glutenfree 6 months plus and I was.
Intrigued because it’s basically tiny pasta rings and I thought wouldn’t it be interesting to try and take this and make spaghetti Hoops out of it so firstly in this recipe we’ve got to make the sauce before we use the tiny spaghetti rings so got this Italian Pata by sainsbury going to tip all of that in here.
Going to try to anyway next one tablespoon of tomato puree I’ve done this before although you wouldn’t know because that’s not coming out quite as easy there we are and let’s bring this up put this in the.
Mixture slight mistake so let’s add some seasonings to it hopefully I get this right uh we’ve got garlic granules onion granules smoked paprika and pepper and we’re just going to bring these up and tip these into there and we can see now look we’ve got the makings of this sauce 2.
Tablespoon of sugar let’s put some salt in there and lastly we’ve got some oh I’ve got to get the right way around Henderson’s relish uh which does does anyone else use this in their cooking it’s very good gives kind of a Tangy thing going on so let’s just do a couple of shakes of that now we’ve.
Got all of these ingredients in let’s stir it all together mix it up this is the easy part of this and as with a lot of things um I’m learning that a lot of cooking is about waiting there will be some waiting in this recipe but uh don’t worry I’ll try and cut most of that out so now we’ve.
Got all of that in there let’s turn this up to six and we now have to bring this to a boil and then simmer the first time I did this I wasn’t sure what that meant but it just means turn turning down uh the oven and just leaving it there to kind of uh thicken in consistency so as we can see here we’re starting to Bubble.
Up a little bit always very visually interesting this the idea of bubbling and that sound as well kind of looks like a tomato soup or a bnes coming to the boil but we’ve got all of those ingredients that we talked about and put in.
Here and don’t worry um we’re going to have some tiny spaghetti Hoops very soon so now we’re bringing that to a boil let’s turn that down and leave it to simmer although we have to do some stirring of course just keep stirring just keep stirring next next we finally have the.
Appearance of the pasta which is in this packet this sort of reminds me of like those military rations that you see if you’ve ever watched any videos about like old military rations they they come in packets very similar to that that’s just what that reminds me of so these are what the Rings look like before we do.
Anything else so let’s come out from there and tip them into a cup measure a full cup these are tiny aren’t they it’s like something out of Honey I Shrunk the Kids or something which uh I can now say proudly or not that I’ve actually seen the full Trilogy of.
Honey o trunk the kids I I watched the uh the free films on Disney plus recently so that’s what that brings to mind I’m just waiting for this water to boil and I think we’re pretty much there and then we’ll tip the pasta into there I’m thinking that a few might dissolve so we’ll have to watch out for that um and while I’m waiting.
For that uh if you’ve got any suggestions for any recipes that you would like to see me try on this channel uh because I predominantly want to do cooking V videos on this channel then please let me know in the comments below or tweet me on Twitter at Jam d89 so here comes my favorite part of the video I’ve done it a few times now the pouring.
Into the pan let’s try and do this as quickly as possible and uh like I say I wonder if any are going to disintegrate when they go in there cuz they’re so small so let’s just make sure sure that they are separated and not all stuck together I can hardly see these when they’re under.
The water there because they’re so small just waiting for that to simmer a little bit um the packet Just 4 minutes to cook so we’ll wait and see and then after that maybe a few steps in between we’ll combine them together so I’ve skipped forward a few steps and what I’ve done is drain these in the sink so out of the sauce spin into the colander and now.
Back into the sauce spin again just to eliminate the water whoa I was not expecting that um giant Clump I’m consistently amazed at how small these are um extremely pleasing I think so so now let’s just tip a bit of this sauce in so we’re not going to use all of that I’ll put that in a jar for.
Later so now we’ll just stir this in and get the sauce at one with the Rings I keep thinking I’m going to break them like it’s just going to turn into some kind of mush but uh I think most of most of all they’re staying true to themselves so I don’t know about anybody else but it wouldn’t be spaghetti Hoops.
Without some toast would it so if you just come around here and you can see that I’ve Got This Promise glutenfree bread which is in here and then we’ll just push this down so now it’s time to serve and what I’ll do is just a heap teaspoon on each one like that yeah let’s try it so I’m now joined.
By my wife Andrea to try this uh this is the first time that I’ve tried to make this dish it was a really a complete experiment and certainly I think it proves although I haven’t tasted it yet that even if something was intended for children I mean this um rice pasta was on clearance it was like a pound or.
Something per box and we picked up free so even if it’s intended for children it can still make a meal for anybody really it’s just a label at the end of the day so dig in and let’s try let’s try the pasta first that’s nice and tomatoey and not a million miles away from like the sauce that’s in spaghetti.
Hoops and baked beans and stuff well it’s got that Sweetness in there and that will be the sugar and even the Pata to a Point um the rice pasta because of its intended target audience is uh very melty it basically melts on impact you wouldn’t even know that that was a ring because you know they’re not.
Too big and they just melt immediately so let’s try a bit of toast with it the classic if I can get that off um the gluten-free bread did Char somewhat didn’t it it got a bit uh bit burnt I mean you can’t argue with that it’s just a it’s just a classic isn’t it I like that on buttered.
Toast because almost like the meltin of the Rings go extremely well with that like lushness of the bread I’m pleased with this it’s been a long time since I’ve had spaghetti Hoops because we’re gluten-free and you can’t get them that is true yeah and it is I mean I’m sure you could get pasta that was.
Bigger than this that has you know that same property the fact it’s glutenfree but that is quite pleasing it almost feels like a childhood favorite even though I didn’t grow up with this you know the look of something the shape of something is important like it doesn’t taste any different but it contributes to the eating.
Experience yeah definitely so well that was an experiment and I’d say it was a successful one um thank you so much for watching um please do rate comment and subscribe to the channel for more food videos when I’ve finished dropping that um I’ll fetch that later that’s my dinner um yeah subscribe for more.
Content and me uh making a huge bleep out of myself bye-bye for now
