Butter Pasta for a Crowd

All 3 of my daughters play soccer and all 3 of them play goalie - my oldest graduated from our local High School last year and my 2nd oldest (pictured) is the current Varsity goalie at that High School this year.

They have team dinner once a week and the parents pitch in to provide those dinners. A couple of us decided to do a pasta bar for the team and I don't want to forget how we did it - so I'm writing it down!!

We made dinner for 25 to 30 people. Butter pasta, GF pasta, meatballs, marinara, alfredo, garlic bread and macarons and madeleines for dessert.

I made 5 pounds of rotini with just enough butter to keep them from sticking together, salt packets. We had one serving left. *2024 this year I used my 7? qt. black crockpot and my old white 4 or 5 qt crockpot to keep the pasta warm. When I got home the white crockpot broke - so I'll have to replace that.

My canning stove pot in 14 Quarts if you fill it to the "fill line". It took about 40 minutes for the water to come to a boil and then even though the package says to boil for 7-8 minutes, I cooked it for 12 minutes just to make sure it was cooked to my liking. I cooked all 5 lbs of noodles in that 14 quarts of water. Drained the pasta and put them in crockpot's with butter to keep them warm.

Delese brought GF pasta, sauce and meatballs. 

Corinne: Corinne: 8 jars marinara, split half with meatballs, half without, 2 bags meatballs, 7 loaves garlic bread. did 4 jars of sauce plain and kept it in a large drink cooler until it was time for service. She did a bag and a half meatballs with 3 jars of sauce but she thinks she would do 2 full bags next time. She also brought 5 loaves of garlic bread but thinks 6 -7 loaves next time! Crock pot for the meatballs and sauce. 

Next year:

e white crockpot broke - so I'll need to buy a new one. DON'T FORGET EXTENSION CORDS!! 

Delese: 1 package GF pasta, GF meatballs, 4 packs macarons