3/26/2023 0 Comments Time cooked aldente noodles![]() ![]() When the water is boiling, it’s time to drop in the pasta. Hold the pasta vertically then drop into the water And when we say “boil” it means bring the water to a rolling boil - not simmering, not starting to boil but a rolling boil. We boil the water before we add the pasta. So, we have a utensil and the amount of water. I just make sure that there’s plenty of water for whatever amount of pasta I’m cooking. How much water for a specific amount of pasta?Ĭhefs say it’s a gallon of water for every half pound of pasta. How do you think that will affect the noodles? Why? The starch will thicken the water too much. If you cook pasta in too little water or if the water isn’t hot enough, the pasta will turn soggy. Do we really need something like that?Īll that is necessary is a cooking pan with a thick bottom (because the noodles may stick to the bottom if it is thin) that’s large and deep enough to allow the noodles to swim freely while cooking. Pasta pan? You know, the pot that’s as tall as the length of a spaghetti noodle? Some are even equipped with strainers. It starts with the right utensil, a little knowledge about how to tell when water is boiling and a few little tricks that you may think unimportant but which really spell the difference between so-so pasta and pasta that’s worthy of a gourmet. ![]() To cook great pasta, al denteas the Italians say, we have to discard the myths and hype. And cooking great pasta takes more than dropping the noodles in boiling water. This way the pasta absorbs the right amount of salt and cooks evenly.There’s this hype going around that we’ve all been cooking pasta the wrong way - that we should just use a minimal amount of water and keep the heat low etcetera, etcetera. ![]()
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