Latina Fresh Gluten Free Tagliatelle

GF Latina Fresh Tagliatelle pasta packet and dry pasta

The Latina Fresh range has been incorporating gluten free varieties for a while now. Most notably their fresh lasagna sheets. They also have some ravioli and tortellini but my reviews on those are a little old so I plan to update them soon. I was very excited to see the tagliatelle when I stumbled upon it in the chilled pasta area of Woolworths. The 280g pack will set you back $7.50 and should serve two. However, with sauce, trimmings and all that Brody and I tend to get four serves from the pack. It is made in Australia, and is suitable for freezing. For your peace of mind it is endorsed by Coeliac Australia.

Gluten Free Latina Fresh Tagliatelle in carbonara sauce, in a pan close up with spoon in top right hand corner.

Getting into the allergens, the tagliatelle contains egg. Other ingredients include rice flour, water, maize starch, potato starch, xanthan gum, salt, and carotene colour. Since this is a fresh pasta, it cooks in just two minutes. I found this timing works perfectly, especially if you are then tossing the pasta into your sauce. The thick strips of pasta hold sauce well, with a good mouthfeel. Just a little firm for chew but easy to bite through. You could obviously cook this further. It doesn’t fall apart either during cooking or twirling. Finally, it has that nice typical egg pasta flavour. If you’ve had their lasagna sheets or others in the range you’ll know what I mean. It’s rich and eggy.

Gluten Free Latina Fresh Tagliatelle cooked in black bowl on a green tea towel. Carbonara sauce surrounding a nest of pasta.

The most exciting part for me, despite the fact that I make my own pasta on most occasions, is just how easy this can make dinners. It’s quick and you can toss in pesto or a carbonara sauce and be done. Prior to this release, I have slices their lasagna sheets up to form varieties like tagliatelle and fettuccine. This seemingly isn’t as thick and is a little bit more flexible. All in all, a great little option for when a pasta craving hits. What do you think about this new addition to the Latina Fresh range. What else would you like to see?

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Until Next Time;

Ashlee; The Aussie Coeliac.