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diff --git a/content/pasta.md b/content/pasta.md deleted file mode 100644 index 72fc7a9..0000000 --- a/content/pasta.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Pasta (store bought)" -date: 2021-03-10 -tags: ['italian', 'pasta', 'quick', 'basic', 'fasting'] -author: luke-smith ---- - -This is a simple outline of how to cook pasta. -TL;DR: you boil it. -Pasta is usually eaten with some kind of [pasta sauce](/pasta-sauce) or used in another dish. - -## Ingredients - -- pasta -- basil (optional) -- butter (optional) - -## Directions - -1. Fill a large pot about half or 3/4th full with water. -2. Salt the water profusely. The rule of thumb is that water for boiling pasta should taste as salty as the sea. -3. Bring water to a rolling boil. -4. Now add pasta. -5. Keep it boiling, but decrease heat as it tries to overflow. -6. Wait until pasta is at the preferred softness (see below), then strain it. -7. While the pasta is sitting in your strainer, you may add basil leaves or other herbs and aromatics. I also recommend taking a knob or so of room temperature butter and add it in and stirring it, melting it into the pasta. - -### How long should pasta be cooked? - -The often recommended way to cook most pasta is *al dente*, which often means "slightly undercooked," or with a subtle firmness that makes it still substantial. -Cooking pasta more than that is no great crime, -but if you keep it in there for *too* long, it'll become mush. |