#Cook pasta aldente how to

Al dente pasta should have the slightest speck of white in the center when you bite into it. For al dente pasta, there should be a thin segment in the middle of the pasta that has a paler color than the rest. The pasta should be a bit hard but still soft enough to bite without giving you a crunchy sound. The only way to find out if your pasta has reached the point of al dente, is to ‘bite’ it. Avoid over-salting the water – it does not need to taste like the sea

Therefore, we recommend that you add the amount of salt to suit your own taste and to taste it before you add the pasta. All you need to remember is that the pasta is saltless and will absorb the flavor from the water (or sauce) you put it in. How much salt you add is a personal thing. However, adding salt to boiling water raises its temperature, thus making it very hot and temperature-perfect for the pasta to be cooked. Lowering the heat to simmer will result in mushy pasta.Īdding salt to cold water will delay the time for it to reach boiling point. Allowing the pasta to cook in plenty of boiling water, is the only way to make it al dente.

Use one liter of water for every 100 grams of dry pasta This will allow the starches to disperse in the water and prohibit it from acting like glue. To avoid blobs of pasta sticking together while boiling, use a lot of water.

#Cook pasta aldente how to

How to cook pasta al dente – your 5-step plan:Īdding oil to the water will not keep your pasta from sticking together and when you drain the pasta, the oil will cling to it preventing the special sauce that you made especially, from sticking to it. Boiling water also helps gelatinize the starches in the pasta making it digestible and ‘al dente’. The reason why we wait for the water to boil before adding the pasta is because we want the pasta to be in contact with the water for as little time as possible.