How to Cook Pasta Perfectly: Here's Everything You Need to Know
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Have you been cooking pasta all wrong? It’s about time to learn how to cook noodles like a pro.
In this video, America’s Test Kitchen’s Christie Morrison lays all spaghetti myths to rest and shows every step into making a perfect pot of pasta.
In this tutorial on preparing pasta, you’ll learn how much water to use, how much salt to add to the cooking water, how to avoid pasta sticking, and more tips to produce beautifully al dente results every time.
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Thanks for this very informative vedio.
Salt is bad for your heart-you do not need it as theres a ton of salt in the cheese you will no doubt be adding-save your blood pressure & heart leave the salt out.
The best video on this subject ever 👏 👏👏👏👍
Bro she forgot to taste test it!
Hmm.. I wonder if it tastes good..
28 seconds. Cough cough Gordon Ramsay
Wait you just put the sauce on top? Bruh idk how ive made it to 23
😍 ❤ ♾️ 😋 🌹🍀🌷 yummylicious 👏👌✌
Is this the video that 2.8M people watched? She didn't even mention how to make pasta sauce!
A Tbls of salt is a lot of salt
How much salt are you supposed to use
I love me some pasta
This video is what I need! Great job!
I'm a 60 year old Bachelor, got tons of pasta that lady friends gave too me, first time cooking a batch, came out pretty good after following directions/watching this video!! …Gratitude.👍😁
Gordan Ramsey says to use olive oil so it doesn’t stick. You’re saying Thee Gordon Ramsey is F’n wrong?
Ok so I guess Gordon Ramsay is wrong about the olive oil 😂 what ever
se questa pasta è buona io sono la regina elisabetta
i'm italian end you are actually better gordon ramsay
I love cooking sauce from scratch, I really enjoyed putting ingredients together
I love the way you show how to cook pasta,I've cooked it from scratch for alot of yrs, I'm 66 yrs old,but my daughter and her boys just buy sauce they like that way
“It’s never too late to learn.”
— Malcolm S. Forbes
A wonderful recipe, thank you very much!
Oil prevents it from sticking dumbass, I'm smart your dumb,. I'm big your little, I'm right, your wrong 😡
Does anyone know what kind of sauce they should use
But what about the sauce is there anything special you need to do with it
ok but what about the sauce ?
I am doing math right or wrong because isn't 4 quarts equivalent to 16 cups?!
So now theres 11 diffent ways….
Gordon Ramsay would say otherwise, it does stop them from sticking together.
I'm 12 tryna cook spaghetti rn-_-
Americans can't cook they Microwave Everything
This woman is useless go look at how Gordon Ramsay does pasta he says the exact opposite from this woman and I believe Gordon Ramsay more
Al Dente 😘👌
I’m only 10 year old I learn to cook pasta and I yummy😋
Gordon Ramsey says to put olive oil, so you’re wrong! 😂😂
Great video! Here's a quick way to make long pasta in a small pot https://youtu.be/EzjY5xC2QUk
Gordon Ramsey puts olive oil in the water so basically she roasted him
Honestly i put olive oil for flavor
Really perfect pasta 🍝❤️👍
Im Surprise 1 american Who used the pot im surpised
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I really like your video ♥ Let's interact together 1541850
i am 11 and just want to cook for fun at home #quarintine
Bro I’m making pasta and I’m under 18 cause I’m hungry and it’s midnight
Im a 13 year old trying to cook pasta lol i hope i dont set the house on fire
Yes
well I saw THE Gordan Ramsey put olive oil in the boiling water
Olive oil doesn’t help it not stick? So ur telling me Gordon Ramsey’s a liar
That's not pasta! That's spaghetti or noodles..
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