2.4. Cooking properties
2.4.1. Pasta quality evaluation
The optimal cooking time for each formulation was determined
using method AACC 66-50 (AACC, 2000). The cooking tests were
performed for various cooking times for each pasta sample in order
to determine the optimal cooking time (OCT). Briefly 25 g of
tagliatelle was cooked in 300 ml of boiling distilled water. OCT was
when the white core in the pasta was still present but disappeared
after squeezing between two glass slides. Once the OCT was evaluated,
the pasta sample was optimally cooked and the solid loss
and water absorbed during cooking were determined by triplicate.