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 ...

Christopher Kimball and J.M. Hirsch prepare Pasta with Spicy Tomato and Pancetta Sauce, ... Now, this is a fermented sort of meat paste, hard to find, and they use it to make a pasta sauce.

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 ...

In a large pot, boil 4 quarts of water. Add the pasta and 1 tablespoon salt, then cook, stirring occasionally, until just shy of al dente. Reserve 2 cups of the cooking water, then drain.

By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL. This pasta dish, ... Add the half-and-half and cook, stirring, until the sauce is lightly thickened and clings to the pasta, about 1 minute. Off heat, ...

Reserve about 1½ cups of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and return it to the pot. Scrape the sauce into the pot with the pasta and add ¾ cup of the reserved cooking water.

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 ...