cooking with pasta

a few things to keep in mind when working with pasta...

**Never rinse your cooked pasta in cold water.  Alot of people do this to try and prevent the pasta from sticking together - but doing this actually ends up shocking your pasta and it will end up soaking up the water.  Also, you end up rinsing away the starch off the pasta which is allows your sauce to stick to it.

**Always salt your water before you put the pasta in.  This will prevent sticking and give the pasta flavor

**Never add olive oil to the pasta cooking water. The olive oil coats the pasta, and prevents sauce from sticking to it when you’ve put the entire dish together.

**Cook your pasta al'dente.  The only way to do this is by tasting it.  Nobody likes mushy overdone pasta.

xo Chef Natty