How to Make Pasta Gift Baskets

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By Shannan Williams
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Pasta gift baskets are a wonderful surprise for the Italian food lovers in your life. This gourmet food gift is wonderful as a specialty gift basket. It is easy to put together and great as a wedding or holiday gift. The following steps will help you create plentiful pasta gift baskets for your friends, family and business clients to enjoy.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

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Things You'll Need:

Basket or Stainless Steel Colander/Pasta Pot
Various types of pasta and other Italian gourmet dinner food
Decorative kitchen towels, placemats or napkins with a pasta or Italian theme
Pasta Cooking Gadgets (ex. pasta fork)
Cellophane
Wire ribbon

Step 1

Find a suitable container. When creating pasta gift baskets, you can select a traditional basket in a conservative color or you can be creative and “think outside of the basket”. Try using a stainless steel colander or pasta pot or even large pasta serving bowls or serving trays to hold your Italian feast.
Step 2

Include an assortment of pastas. Don’t limit yourself to spaghetti or just one type of pasta. Your pasta gift baskets should include a variety of all natural short and long pastas in various flavors, colors, and shapes. Mix things up and include boxes and bags of sun-dried tomato pasta, angel hair pasta, spinach fettuccine, penne pasta, etc.
Step 3

Search for complimentary Italian food items. To make your pasta gift baskets extra special, include items that will compliment any pasta dish. Try one or more of the following products: a decorative bottle of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, a jar of roasted peppers or stuffed olives, bread dipping herbs, baguette sticks and grated Romano or Parmesan cheese.
Step 4

Offer a sampling of Italian sauces. Include at least two different kinds of sauce that are flavorful and well seasoned. A good sampling would be a jar of Alfredo, Pesto and Tomato. Peruse the pasta aisle of your grocery store for more food gift basket ideas.
Step 5

Include a handwritten recipe. Make your pasta gift basket more personal by including a handwritten version of your favorite pasta recipe. A treasured family recipe would warm the heart of any recipient. If you don’t have family recipes to share, hand write a published recipe…just be sure to include the source.
Step 6

Add the finishing touches. Pasta gift baskets do not need a lot of embellishment if they are packed with fine gourmet food. However, if you would like to add a few more special touches, include kitchen towels, placemats or napkins with an Italian theme. A pasta fork or similar pasta gadgets would also fit nicely in the arrangement.
Step 7

Assemble all of the Italian food items. Place everything neatly in your container of choice and wrap the container and its contents with cellophane or shrink wrap bags to hold the items in place. Tie a bow (wire ribbon) at the top and your pasta gift basket is complete.