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salt the water correctly
I thought you just bang some salt in near the end of cooking time. Am I doing it wrong?
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Am I doing it wrong?
Apparently the issue of when to salt your pasta water has caused family rifts in Italy. It is a divisive subject.
In terms of how much salt, I have been told that the water should taste like sea water. No idea if thats the conventional wisdom.
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Depends on what the instructions are. Adding salt at the beginning elevates the temperature of the water which speeds the cooking.
There needs to be enough boiling water in the pan so when the pasta is addded it resumes boiling quickly. If too much pasta is added it drops the water temperature.
Also cooking fresh pasta needs a lot more salt as it is not in the water for so long.
Stonehedge
dancing james
I've been told that the reason for the discrepancy is that people don't tend to use a pot that is big enough or salt the water correctly. I'm not sure I buy it tbh.
I reckon its an Italian conspiracy just to fuck with us.