Cooking Pasta Perfectly

Pasta is simple but easy to mess up. Here is the method.

The Rules

• 1 liter of water per 100g pasta
• Salt the water until it tastes like the sea
• Cook 1 minute less than the package says
• Reserve pasta water before draining
• Finish cooking in the sauce with a splash of pasta water

The starch in the pasta water emulsifies the sauce. That restaurant-quality coating comes from this single step.