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You don't have to split your spaghetti in order to fit it to pot. Leave as it is, let them to stay into the boiing water for half lenghts. When bits get soften, you can insert it into the water all along its length by pushing up with your hands. |
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A major problem faced by boiling pasta is the overflow of boiling water. If you put a bit of butter or a few teaspoons of vegetable oil into pasta in boiling water, it can prevent the overflow of water in the pot and make pasta look brighter. |
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Cook the sauce when pasta is being boiled and pour over the pasta immediately after filtered. Don not also cook pasta sauce together again. |
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You may have difficulty when heating the pasta sauce you prepared with extra care. For example, pasta could be damaged in the bottom of the pot or bottom of the pot could be cold whilist upper part of the pot is warm. However, if you hold the pasta pot filled with boiling water, put into a pot on the stove for a while, you get rid of this problem. |
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Always boil the pasta in a large pot of boiling water. Boil the 1 package of 500g pasta with 5lt water using the right size of pot for pasta weight. |
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You don't have to split your spaghetti in order to fit it to pot. Leave as it is |
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After the boiling and filtering the pasta, don't filter the pasta in the cold water to avoid losing the vitamins and flavor in pasta. But you can lubricate by certain oil if the pasta going to be waited for a while without sauce. |
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You must stir your pasta with a wood spoon for one time after you put your pasta into boiled water. |
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Ideal pasta cooking time is written on the package. This period depends on the shape of the pasta. After adding the pasta to the boiling water, the water will settle for a certain time. The cooking time of your pasta starts after the settled water begins to boil again. The most valid way of understanding if the pasta is cooked is to taste it. Therefore, Taste the pasta while it cooks before 3, 2 and 1 minute from the cooking time stated on the package. |
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When cooking pasta, throw salt to boiling water, because pasta loves salt. You have to put the salt after the water is boiled. Dispose of all the pasta at the same time after the salt is melted in the water. You can squeeze a lemon instead of salt if you are on a salt diet. |
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In order to drain the pasta, using small bore and pillar pasta strainer is better. Huge hole filters cause the pasta from sticking together in a moment of releasing the cooking water. Whereas, it is good idea to leave pasta in a little damp. So you will ensure tha pasta to assimilate the sauce greatly. Also the pasta should be drained as soon as it is cooked. Every minute you leave in the water is added to the cooking time. |
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It is useful to keep a cup of cooking water before you drain the pasta. In case of dry of pasta or its sauce, you would add from
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