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When to Know Your Pasta is Cooked – as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Today we are going to make the perfect pasta. Some people make pasta that is too al dente, some that is too mushy. How do you make the perfect pasta? Well, you start first with a really big pot. Fill it with cold water, yep that is right, cold water – do not take a short cut and think I will use hot it will be faster to boil, no no, and I will tell you why. Cold water comes through the faucet clean, hot water has a greater tendency to dissolve things along the way. So if there is any kind of substances lining your pipes, maybe you have old pipes or dirty pipes, who knows, the hot water which dissolves some particles along the way and then it enters into your pot and you do not want that. So start with cold water, bring it to a boil, I have got that almost happening here, I can see steam coming off, I am moments away from a boil. And once it reaches a boil I am going to add a generous amount of salt – I mean generous, at least two tablespoons. First of all most of it is going to drain away in the water and a little bit of it will season our pasta, which is what we want. So I will add generous two tablespoons or so of salt to the water and make sure it is really boiling and then add all your pasta all at once. Stir it up and what is happening is that the water is so hot and boiling that it begins to cook and set the outside of the strands of the pasta, which is what you want. If you put into water …

When to Know Your Pasta is Cooked – as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Today we are going to make the perfect pasta. Some people make pasta that is too al dente, some that is too mushy. How do you make the perfect pasta? Well, you start first with a really big pot. Fill it with cold water, yep that is right, cold water – do not take a short cut and think I will use hot it will be faster to boil, no no, and I will tell you why. Cold water comes through the faucet clean, hot water has a greater tendency to dissolve things along the way. So if there is any kind of substances lining your pipes, maybe you have old pipes or dirty pipes, who knows, the hot water which dissolves some particles along the way and then it enters into your pot and you do not want that. So start with cold water, bring it to a boil, I have got that almost happening here, I can see steam coming off, I am moments away from a boil. And once it reaches a boil I am going to add a generous amount of salt – I mean generous, at least two tablespoons. First of all most of it is going to drain away in the water and a little bit of it will season our pasta, which is what we want. So I will add generous two tablespoons or so of salt to the water and make sure it is really boiling and then add all your pasta all at once. Stir it up and what is happening is that the water is so hot and boiling that it begins to cook and set the outside of the strands of the pasta, which is what you want. If you put into water …

When to Know Your Pasta is Cooked – as part of the expert series by GeoBeats. Today we are going to make the perfect pasta. Some people make pasta that is too al dente, some that is too mushy. How do you make the perfect pasta? Well, you start first with a really big pot. Fill it with cold water, yep that is right, cold water – do not take a short cut and think I will use hot it will be faster to boil, no no, and I will tell you why. Cold water comes through the faucet clean, hot water has a greater tendency to dissolve things along the way. So if there is any kind of substances lining your pipes, maybe you have old pipes or dirty pipes, who knows, the hot water which dissolves some particles along the way and then it enters into your pot and you do not want that. So start with cold water, bring it to a boil, I have got that almost happening here, I can see steam coming off, I am moments away from a boil. And once it reaches a boil I am going to add a generous amount of salt – I mean generous, at least two tablespoons. First of all most of it is going to drain away in the water and a little bit of it will season our pasta, which is what we want. So I will add generous two tablespoons or so of salt to the water and make sure it is really boiling and then add all your pasta all at once. Stir it up and what is happening is that the water is so hot and boiling that it begins to cook and set the outside of the strands of the pasta, which is what you want. If you put into water …

Pasta With Bacon, Artichokes, Gorgonzola And Pistachios is another Northern Italian pasta dish that also has roots in Sicily the difference in the Sicilian is more pepper is added for the fiery tastes that Sicilians have for their food. This is a very rich pasta dish and is made with an ingredient that you don’t often find in pasta dishes and that is nuts. Please try this recipe I know that you will just love it! and please visit my blog at http:www.richardblainesezcooking.com and www.richardblainesezcooking.com I have a fellow foodie here at YouTube that makes some really excellent dishes of all types. Her name is Sandy and here channel is www.youtube.com and she has a really excellent blog as well! Check out one of her excellent pasta dishes here at: easycookingwithsandyb.blogspot.com

www.lacucinaitaliana.it Lets learn how to prepare classic Italian ragu, to be served as sauce with first pasta dish or as base for a rich unique dish pasta based. Brown minced meats separately using medium fire, then eliminate fats. Cut or mince vegetables, then brown them delicately. Put now meats and vegetables together and cook them capped, slowly and adding a little of wine, then tomato and stock. At the end add aromatic herbs, spices and salt. The most famous version is called Bolognese ragu.