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Tue, Jul 15, 08 at 12:36
| A co-worker brought this to a recent pot luck lunch. It is a very refreshing summer pasta salad that can be made (or actually is best made) several days in advance:
MARINATED MOSTACCIOLI SALAD 1# box mostaccioli noodles. Cook according to package directions and drain. Mix with ¼ cup cooking oil. In blender mix:
Chop finely:
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Tue, Jul 15, 08 at 17:26
| What kind of vinegar did you use? |
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| That sounds really good. I would suspect with that amount of sugar, you could use white vinegar, but red wine is my favorite for pasta salads. |
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| That's almost exactly the same as my mostaccioli salad....I haven't amde it in years! Use cider vinegar.....white vinegar will give it a "chemical" taste and if you use red wine vinegar the whole dish will take on a most unpleasant color! I also put a fair amount of oregano in my mostaccioli salad. Linda C |
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| The coloring never looked bad to me. I think a little pinkish is better than brownish looking... plus it tastes better, IMHO! And, I'm not sure I could handle a cup and a half of cider vinegar in a recipe even with that much sugar! I usually only use a tablespoon or so of cider vinegar in most recipes, and cut it with other milder vinegars if/when needed. Wouldn't that much burn your mouth? |
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| Most vinegars are made to a measured acidity....white vinegar to 10% and cider vinegar to 5%. Most red wine vinegars are also standardized to 5% but not all, some are less acedic. No, cider vinegar won't burn your mouth, I think you are confusing it with white vinegar. Actually cider vinegar is one of the "milder" vinegars...outside of a 15 year old balsamic there's not much besides champagne vinegar that is "milder". I suppose that if you only used a couple of tablespoons of red wine vinegar it wouldn't be very pink, but it might be awfully sweet...and with a whole pound of pasta wouldn't you need something to moisten it all, it would be pretty dry with just 2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar 1 1/2 cups of sugar, some yellow mustard and a cucumber, pepper and an onion. So you are saying you would put 1 1/2 cups of sugar, 2 T mustard and 2 T of red wine vinegar over 1 pound of cooked pasta with the veggies and 1/4 cup salad oil? I'd be interested to hear how it turns out. Linda C |
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