Boiling pasta

It’s faster and easier.

How to cook pasta perfectly. Does your pasta always comes out too sticky, too hard, too mushy? Watch this video to learn how to cook pasta right.

Follow this chef's tips for cooking noodles and learn how to keep pasta from sticking, when to stir and whether to salt the water.

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This might seem simple to those of you who have been cooking for a while, but if you're new to cooking pasta or maybe your teens are learning how to cook, how to cook perfect spaghetti is a great first step to becoming a culinary master. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. I promise.

Here's a quick infographic for how long to boil pasta. Save it to always have a reference on how long to cook your noodles.

Forget everything you thought you knew about making spaghetti.

You see this all the time in recipes for everything from soup to sauces: “Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.” Ever wonder why you should go to the trouble of bringing something to a boil if you only want to simmer it anyway? Here’s why. The biggest reason why recipes have you boil first, then reduce to a simmer is speed and efficiency.

Pasta made from scratch delivers eggy-rich ribbons with springy yet delicate chew. But what if, instead of a pasta roller, you have only a rolling pin? For a pasta dough that could be easily rolled out by hand (but still cook up into delicate, springy noodles), we added six extra egg yolks and a couple tablespoons of olive oil. In addition, we incorporated an extended resting period to allow the gluten network to relax and developed a simple, effective rolling technique.