Pasta comes in many different shapes and sizes, and the one you use for your pasta dishes will determine how delicious they taste. That also happens to be the case with pasta salad, and this brief guide will help you to pick the perfect pasta for this delicious dish.
Skip Long Pastas
Making pasta salad with long pasta shapes is not impossible, but it’s not the best idea. Pasta salad is usually shared by a group of people, and long pasta shapes, such as linguine and spaghetti, can be pretty tricky when you’re trying to serve them.
Short Varieties
Since long pasta shapes aren’t such a great idea for pasta salad, you should probably stick to short varieties. Their tiny nooks and crannies make it easy for dressings, sauces, and other ingredients to stick, and fusilli, penne, gnocchi, and farfalle are some of the best choices on the market.
Don’t Use Fresh Pasta
Warm pasta dishes will benefit from fresh pasta, but pasta salad is a different story. Fresh pasta won’t do such a great job holding up dressings and other ingredients as dried pasta, so it’s best left for some other dishes.
