The Ultimate Guide To Cooking Pasta Perfectly
An easy guide on how to cook pasta perfectly every time. Make sure you check out all the notes above for the full information.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 400 grams dried pasta or 600 grams fresh
- 2.5 quarts water that is pretty much 2.5 litres too
- 1.5 tablespoons salt see notes
Instructions
- Please read the notes above, that is where all the useful info is! You'll only need to read it once.
- Boil the water in a medium or large saucepan.
- Add the salt when the water is boiling, not before.
- Add your pasta and cook, undercooking from the package instructions by a minute.
- Reserve a cup of pasta water right before draining.
- Transfer straight into your pasta sauce and let it gently bubble away for a min or two together. Depending on the sauce I usually add about ΒΌ cup of pasta water at the same time as the pasta.
Notes
SALT - It will depend what kind of salt you use! Please read notes in the post. I use a really generic iodized table salt. If you use a kosher salt you'll need to use more potentially. Start with 1.5 tablespoons and you can always up it next time.
PORTIONS - Halve everything for two people.