Asda Penne pasta quills - Quick Cook

I love pasta , especially shaped pastas which hold sauce and flavour wonderfully . The only troubel is, it takes about 10-12 minutes to cook normally, which is fine if I'm cooking a home made bolognese sauce or something to go with it, but is a bit of a pain in the bum when I just want a big bowl of pasta covered in grated cheese . Many supermarkets now sell quick cook pasta - and asda is no exception, offering two varieties, penne and fusilli . I chose Penne because I love how the sauce goes into the tubes if I'm using a sauce, and it just absorbs flavour well . Now, the ingredients in this pasta are exactly the same as in the ordinary pasta , so you're ...  Read the complete review

ASDA Penne pasta quills - Quick Cook does exactly what it says on the packet. It cooks in 3 - 5 minutes not the normal 10 - 12 minutes it takes to cook pasta. Though I am sure my normal pasta took longer than 12 minutes to cook or maybe I cooked it on a much lower heat. Anyway, I loved this product. Yes I am talking past tense "loved" my local ASDA store does not stock this any more!!! Only Brought this the once and then in my next weekly shopping trip it was not there anymore I looked all over the pasta aisle just could not find it. I think ASDA are nuts why get rid of a product like that when their shelves are already bombard with normal pasta. So yeah, I ...  Read the complete review