Boiled pasta is not only a traditional bachelor breakfast, but also a great side dish for meat and fish dishes. Depending on the varieties of wheat from which pasta is made, their preparation can take from 5 to 12 minutes.
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You will need
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- Pan
- salted water
- pasta
- grated cheese
- sauce
Instruction manual
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If financial opportunities allow, buy pasta on the packaging of which there is not a single Russian word. They will not only differ by an order of magnitude in price from domestic ones, but also the taste of this product will be on top.
2
Pour water into a saucepan at the rate of 1 liter per 100 g of dried pasta. Add at least one tablespoon of salt. To prevent the pasta from sticking together, you can drip a little vegetable oil into the water. Bring the water to a boil, pour the pasta, wait until they boil, and reduce the heat to a minimum. Stir slowly for the first couple of minutes.
3
The size of pasta and thickness directly affects the cooking time of the product. It’s not necessary to cook the “Spider Web” at all, after getting it into the pot with boiling liquid, you can turn off the fire after half a minute - the boiling water will do its job. But cook thick pasta or spaghetti for at least 10 minutes.
4
Discard the finished pasta in a colander, let the water drain, covering it with a lid. Serve with grated cheese or cheese sauce and spices.
5
Be careful not to digest pasta. Boiled pasta is tasteless, and when mixed with sauce, they turn into porridge. If you want to achieve a true Italian taste, it is better to remove the pasta from the fire one minute before they are ready. (Cooking time can be read on the packet itself).
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Lightly undercooked pasta is called al dente. It is such a product that is traditionally used in Italy. In order to get a dish that most resembles the Italian counterpart, give preference to pasta from hard varieties.