We did find that if we used too much cheese the sauce was too thick and didn't coat the pasta properly. We used 1/2 cup Parmesan and 1/4 cup Romano in our favorite version.

We best liked fairly short extruded pasta for this dish such as penne, rigatoni or ziti. Even better, the pasta should have lines with which to capture sauce in the ridges.

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television. Pasta Secrets. 9/10/2022 ... And you get a nice emulsion, really, between the sauce and the pasta, and it makes a big difference.

It's an authentic Italian pasta dish that comes together in less than 30 minutes. J.M. Hirsch, editorial director of Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street, joined u ...

Meanwhile, when the water reaches a boil, add 1 tablespoon salt and the pasta; cook, stirring occasionally, until just shy of al dente. Reserve about 1½ cups of the cooking water, then drain the ...

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Stir in the pasta and 1 tablespoon salt, then cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Reserve 1½ cups of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and return it to the pot.

Though they advise against cooking your pasta to limp misery, Pasta Evangalists say “there is a scale of al dente, and it is possible to overdo – or rather underdo – this approach to the point where ...