You've been cooking pasta wrong your entire life
Karlina Valeiko
23 October 2024
Common pasta faux pas
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37. Throwing out leftover pasta
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36. Struggling with pre-made cannelloni tubes
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35. Boiling dried pasta straight from the packet
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34. Flavouring your water
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33. Not considering your altitude
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32. Using the wrong flour
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31. Buying low-quality pasta
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30. Not kneading your pasta dough
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29. Allowing your dough to dry out
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28. Using eggs in all types of dough
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27. Using cold pasta in salads
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26. Neglecting to toss leftover pasta in oil
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25. Overcooking filled pasta
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24. Underfilling pasta
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23. Breaking spaghetti
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22. Reheating your pasta wrong
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21. Using cream when making carbonara
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20. Treating gluten-free pasta like regular pasta
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19. Using a spoon to twirl long pasta
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18. Always using a pasta maker
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17. Choosing the wrong pasta shapes
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16. Overlooking simple recipes
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15. Rinsing your pasta
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14. Throwing pasta at the wall
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13. Guessing how much pasta you need
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12. Using a pot that's too small
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11. Overcooking pasta
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10. Using a colander to strain pasta
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9. Pre-soaking lasagne sheets
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8. Not adding salt to pasta water
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7. Or adding too much salt
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6. Rushing your sauces
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5. Adding oil to pasta water
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4. Not testing your pasta before the cooking time is over
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3. Putting pasta in water that's not yet boiled
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2. Adding sauce to pasta, not the other way around
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1. Always adding cheese
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