The magic of reserved pasta water

When it comes to cooking pasta, here are a few simple essential steps that take your pasta dish to the next level. Of course, you are going to start with best quality pasta like Rummo, it is very good.

Before you begin cooing, fill your Pasta Pot with water and get it boiling. Then salt it well, your pasta water should taste salty like the sea. This is flavouring your pasta. Cook pasta according to package instructions to before el dente stage. You will finish it at the end. Drain, reserving 1 or 2 cups pasta water. (I like to scoop water from the pot to reserve before draining)

Never ever pour your pasta water down the drain. It contains a binding agent that helps your pasta stick to the sauce. You don’t want sauce at the bottom of your dish, you want it clinging to every bite.

To finish your pasta, add cooked pasta to a large skillet (add your sauce or ingredients) and toss with 1 cup reserved pasta water. Turn up heat and toss until water has evaporated and pasta is cooked to el dente stage and well coated. Add more pasta water if you need to, you want pasta to get really creamy. Try it and you will see.

Reserving pasta water, and adding it at the end binds the pasta to the sauce and transforms the entire dish into a silky, velvety restaurant-worthy pasta masterpiece. It’s a game-changer.

Enjoy, Mari