Reserve 1 cup of
the starchy cooking water, then drain the pasta and return it to the pot.
Just before draining, reserve a large mugful of
the starchy cooking water.
Add 1 cup
starchy cooking water to the salami and broccoli rabe, drain spaghetti then toss with rapini and salami.
Not exact matches
Here, we
cook leftover rice with a bunch of
water and aromatics, until the whole thing becomes gloriously
starchy and porridge - like.
The sauce is seriously sinful and so simple it's nearly criminal with half & half, Parmesan cheese and basil plus some of the
starchy water the gnocchi was
cooked in to help thicken it.
Cook your ramen noodles, keeping about a tablespoon of the
starchy water that comes from boiling it (extra points if you use the flavor packet).
Pump up the starch: Restaurants use the same batch of
water to
cook pasta all night, and as the night wears on, that
water gets more and more
starchy.
Once the pasta is
cooked, use tongs or a spider to transfer it directly from the boiling
water into the sauté pan with your sauce, so the sauce can pick up some of the
starchy water clinging to the noodles.
Author Notes: Minestrone smells like Italy — just like lasagna, tomato sauce, and the
starchy water left in the pan after
cooking pasta.
Once the pasta gets added it may need a little extra liquid to coat the noodles evenly, and the perfect liquid for that job is the
starchy, salty
water you just
cooked the pasta in.
Hot,
starchy pasta
cooking water is added to thin everything out.
Saving a bit of the
starchy pasta -
cooking water to toss with grated cheese, herbs and bright lemon at the end is the secret to a fast, silky no -
cook pasta sauce.
Saving a bit of the
starchy pasta -
cooking water to toss with grated cheese, herbs and bright lemon at the end is the secret to a fast, silky no -
cook pasta sauce.
The sauce has only two components: thick yogurt and
starchy, salty pasta
cooking water, which together create the soothing texture of an alfredo sauce, lightened up with yogurt's tang.
4 Before draining the spaghetti, scoop out a little pasta -
cooking liquid and reserve, then toss the drained pasta into the bowl of tuna, scallions, etc., and mix together really well, adding a spoonful or so of pasta -
cooking water to bring some
starchy creaminess to the sauce.