Sentences with phrase «ladle of the pasta water»

some people like the sauce thin, others like it very dense... which basically means less or more sauce that goes in the pasta... The Genovese tradition is to use a small ladle of the pasta water - the one you boiled the pasta in - and use it to dilute the sauce when you mix it in the pasta.

Once we throw the pasta in the boiling salted water, we will add a couple of ladles of the pasta water to thin it down.

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Ladle 1/2 cup of the cooking water from the pasta into the ricotta and stir together.

Remove pasta from cooking water into sauce and toss to combine, if sauce seems too thick add a ladle or two of pasta water.

If mixture appears dry, add some more pasta water (I will usually add another ladle or so of pasta water; increase the heat and mix the whole thing together for a few minutes until the water is almost evaporated).

When it's done cooking, ladle out 1/3 cup of the pasta water and put it into a large bowl where you'll combine the pasta and pesto together.