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The White Rabbit
- From Sydney, Australia
- Member since Tue 22 Jun 04
Cres tasa
Anyone familiar with cres tasa or tassa? I found the following description and was interested because it might be a nice gluten free option but I've not found a recipe.
Cres tasa with porcini ragù and burrata, Il Bàcaro, Melbourne
“Cres tasa is a house-made diamond-shaped pasta made from polenta instead of flour. It also doesn’t contain eggs, so it’s vegan (normally, I feel, a swearword in the kitchen). To me, a great dish is something I want to eat every day, and this is definitely one.” Jason Jujnovich, Divido, Perth
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#2 Sun 20 Jan 13 8:50am
Pakman
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Re: Cres tasa
Seems it's polenta pasta dough cut into triangles. Here's a recipe.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Polenta … gh-Recipe/
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#3 Sun 20 Jan 13 9:11am
Ashen
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Re: Cres tasa
I havn't heard of it but the pictures of it on google look tasty.
Le Veneziane brand has been highly recommended to me by an italian that is eating wheat free. 100% corn pasta from italy
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#4 Sun 20 Jan 13 10:49am
hippytea
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Re: Cres tasa
The recipe in the link is not gluten free - it contains Tipo 00 flour.
I would be surprised if you could make pasta with no gluten, unless you use a gluten substitute like they do in commercial GF pasta. The gluten (or substitute) is very important in keeping it together when it's rolled that thin.
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#5 Sun 20 Jan 13 10:50am
hippytea
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Re: Cres tasa
Here's a polenta gnocchi recipe - maybe you could tweak this to get something like what you're thinking of?
http://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/817/P … resh_herbs
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#6 Sun 20 Jan 13 11:16am
Pakman
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Re: Cres tasa
Doh! 
I imagine you could use rice flour instead.
Adding the word "gluten" to a google search makes it hard to find polenta pasta dough with tons of hits. 
Edit:
Epicurious hmmm 
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/ … sta-362249
Last edited by Pakman (Sun 20 Jan 13 11:23am)
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#7 Mon 21 Jan 13 8:39am
The White Rabbit
- From Sydney, Australia
- Member since Tue 22 Jun 04
Re: Cres tasa
I was expecting to find a recipe with gluten in it but was hoping it'd only be a little so that gluten free flour would work instead. The look of them in the magazine I have makes me thing there is some wheat flour in there - i was just hopeful.
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