How long should pasta be dried

Pasta is made from a dough of flour and water, and can be either fresh or dried. There are many different types of pasta, each with its own unique shape and texture.

Pasta manufacturing process pdf

The process of making pasta begins with mixing the flour – a milled durum wheat known as semolina flour – and water together. The process of how pasta is produced in factories usually follows a number of key steps.

The Mixing & Kneading

The wheat is either processed in-house or delivered to the processing plant from a flour mill, with the resulting semolina stored in silos which can usually hold as much as 70 tonnes depending on the size of the production plant.

From the silos, it’s fed into a huge mixer where water is added and a tough, lumpy dough forms.

Rolling The Dough

From the mixer, the dough passes through a machine known as a laminator, where it’s rolled by giant cylinders similar to rolling pins.

It’s then flattened to remove any air bubbles and remaining water, to reach an optimum moisture content of around 10-12%.

Pasteurisation

The pasta dough is then pasteurised

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