• qqq@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      If you’re cooking the grocery store dried box pasta for 5 minutes it’s likely gonna be undercooked… and crunchy… If it’s fresh pasta 3 to 5 minutes sounds about right.

      Well, some dried pastas in the store could be 5 to 8 I guess, but definitely not Barilla

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      11 days ago

      Nope, add. I like my pasta al dente, btw. But if I rely on the time printed on the package they never are al dente but still kind of raw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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          11 days ago

          you made me rethink how I cook my pasta and researched a little bit. The effect I’m experiencing can be explained by the amount of water I use. I always used 3 liters of water for 500g spaghetti. Recommended are 1l per 100g. Using lesser can result in greater loss of heat when putting in the pasta into the water.