The recipe always says to reserve some pasta water. I either forget, or I just don’t bother. The one or two times I’ve needed it, I just added regular water and it was fine.
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The point of keeping some pasta water is that the salty, starchy water helps the sauce emulsify and stick to the pasta. Adding regular water just dilutes the sauce and makes the result worse.
If you’re not going to use pasta water, you shouldn’t add any water at all.
The starch in the water will help bring the sauce together and make it stick to the pasta better. Its more noticeable in a loose or wet sauce, esp. if you want to avoid it turning into soup. “Simple” sauces like Carbonara or Cacio e Pepe arent the same otherwise.
If you keep forgetting to do it, try leaving a measuring cup inside your colander, when you go to pour your cooked pasta in, it should remind you that you need to skim some water out first.
I only discovered this pasta water thing last night cooking some shit the wife wanted
What shit did she want?
Chorizo pasta thing.
I’ve never seen reseve pasta water until reading that cook book
Admittedly i rarely cook from a book and just go by my stomach
This might be too political for this sub.
Raise your pitchforks!
Ψ ← my pitchfork is dull, and it’s handle is short.
I’m not generally a fan of single use tools, but we keep one of these around from the 70s.
I have one and I’m not even sure what it’s for
I think it’s a scoop for long noodles
I always forget too. However it makes a huge difference if you’re making something like a pesto or lemon garlic pasta. Water just adds liquid but the starch in the pasta water adds thicc liquid
I just dunk a cup into the pot while the pasta is cooking if I remember to do so. That way,I have a nice cup of pasta water to toss out because I forgot to use it in the sauce.
Ha ha yeah …. I’ll remember to use it if it’s there. For me it’s more like putting the cup out next to the pot so I don’t forget it, drain the pasta, then spot the cup I was supposed to remember to use and say “shit”
Oops, I did it again. I had the cup out, in front of all the stuff while I boiled some tortellini, then just as I finished draining the pasta: “dammit”.
Aside from that: garlic, pesto and red pepper flakes simmered a bit in olive oil, throw in some red bell peppers. Stir In the pasta until it’s covered. Then throw in a bunch of spinach and shaved Parmesan, and outstanding! This is my favorite dinner …. But it would be better with pasta water
Thiquid.
I don’t pre boil the water before putting the pasta in.
Much faster to do it afterwards while eating
I did that yesterday and my partner was like lolwut. Turned out fine.
So many things are like that. I’ve even cooked rice without a lid - totally fine. Pleasantly chewy, even.
We’re just heating shit up so it can be digested here
I always used to forget too. Now when the pasta is cooking I will get the strainer ready by putting it in the skink. I will put the measuring cup in the strainer so I will remember before pouring the water out.
Good idea. I’ll have to try that
This is the way.
I just add cream to my Carbonara sauce
Somewhere in the distance everytime I do that I hear “Vaffanculo!!!”
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You monster! 😁
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I generally don’t bother with or care for pasta so I’m OK with that.
