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+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.