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title: "Pasta (store bought)"
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date: 2021-03-10
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tags: ['italian', 'pasta', 'quick', 'basic', 'fasting']
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---
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This is a simple outline of how to cook pasta.
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TL;DR: you boil it.
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Pasta is usually eaten with some kind of [pasta sauce](/pasta-sauce) or used in another dish.
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## Ingredients
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- pasta
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- basil (optional)
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- butter (optional)
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## Directions
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1. Fill a large pot about half or 3/4th full with water.
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2. Salt the water profusely. The rule of thumb is that water for boiling pasta should taste as salty as the sea.
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3. Bring water to a rolling boil.
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4. Now add pasta.
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5. Keep it boiling, but decrease heat as it tries to overflow.
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6. Wait until pasta is at the preferred softness (see below), then strain it.
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7. While the pasta is sitting in your strainer, you may add basil leaves or other herbs and aromatics. I also recommend taking a knob or so of room temperature butter and add it in and stirring it, melting it into the pasta.
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### How long should pasta be cooked?
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The often recommended way to cook most pasta is *al dente*, which often means "slightly undercooked," or with a subtle firmness that makes it still substantial.
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Cooking pasta more than that is no great crime,
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but if you keep it in there for *too* long, it'll become mush.
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## Contribution
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- Luke Smith -- [website](https://lukesmith.xyz), [donate](https://lukesmith.xyz/donate)
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