Guest Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 could someone please tell me how to colour dried pasta with food colouring....thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I part boil the pasta with the food colouring of choice (some colours work better than others - remember the pasta has a yellow tinge so 'blue' often turns out 'green'!). Then I drain it well and spread it onto a baking tray and dry it in a very, very low oven for a couple of hours until completely dried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I just put the colouring over the pasta (uncooked) and keep mixing it until it's coated - then spread out and dry on kitchen towel or newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Hi Please can you let me know which way works best for a threading activity to create a necklace which will not coat the fingers and/or clothes in food colour? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Rather than using food colouring, I have previously filled a plastic washing up bowl with paint and then sloshed the uncooked pasta around in it, taken it out, drained and dried the pasta (didn't think of using the oven, so dried it all on pieces of kitchen towel stuck in the airing cupboard on top of the boiler ) I found the paint stuck and if it came off, it was hugely easier to wash off than food colouring, which can stay seeped into the skin for what feels like months! Alternatively, I would get the children to paint the pasta themselves before they thread it (obviously letting it dry first!) Or just had another thouhgt, you could colour the pasta using the food colouring and using the washing up bowl (or similar) make a PVA glaze to swish them about it! That should make the pasta shiny, whilst acting like a kind of varnish. Could be messy... !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Pasta, food colouring and a splash of neat alcohol in a zip lock bag works a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 as long as it it dried properly it shouldnt come off onto hands, i put it in a very low oven for 30 mins when i do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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