Pasta in Soup - Cook First?

nfh1, Jul 15, 1:19am
Only me for dinner tonight so being lazy - fancy soup and thought I would throw some pasta in - should I cook it first or just pop it in with the soup and heat them both together? ? Thanks.
martine5, Jul 15, 1:47am
given your pasta will take some time I would cook it separately unless your soup can handle bubbling away for the time it takes to cook the pasta
nfh1, Jul 15, 2:12am
Of course - I did not think of that - pasta bubbling away as I type!

Many thanks
cookessentials, Jul 15, 2:30am
When I do my ham hock and vege soup, I add the pasta in the last 30-40 mins when it is gently simmerinng in the crock pot.
rua69, Jul 15, 2:43am
Ditto, I add it all hard and raw to minestrone, comes out fine after 20 or so minutes.
nfh1, Jul 15, 2:55am
I cooked it for 5 minutes and then heated it up with the soup but I have a confession to make -

I did not make the soup! It was one of those fresh ones in a plastic pouch by Kaweka and it was lovely. I had a huge dish full!

Next time I make my own I will add it raw and see how I get on.

Many thanks for all your help.
softlysoftly8, Jul 15, 5:58am
I always just add raw vermecilli (broken into about inch pieces) while the vegetable soup is cooking. Be careful that it does not catch on the bottom of the pot though ! ! Stir often. Cheers... ... . .
rebekahj, Jul 15, 6:15am
mmmm pasta in soup - my favourite
stormbaby, Jul 15, 6:22am
Ditto, that's what my Mum used to use.
karenz, Jul 16, 1:35am
I find that if you don't eat all of the soup on the same day the pasta goes flabby, for this reason if I am going to heat it up I add the cooked pasta just before serving.
kabbo, Jul 16, 1:43am
nothing wrong with that, can get some lovely soups in those pouches. havent bought any for ages, but think i just might tomorrow when i go shopping. thanks. ;-)
nfh1, Nov 1, 1:11am
The Kaweka one was the best one I have tried - really lovely. I had the Thai Pumpkin.