Tip 1: You need a large saucepan for pasta: always cook pasta with one liter of water per 100 grams of pasta.
Tip 2: Expects around 100 grams of pasta per person.
Tip 3: The quickest way to boil the water in a kettle – this not only saves time but also energy! Pour the boiling water into the pot and salt.
Tip 4: There is plenty of salt in pasta water – about a teaspoon per liter of water.
Tip 5: No oil in the pasta water: this wets the surface of the pasta – they can then no longer absorb the sauce well.
Tip 6: Do not put pasta in the water until it boils gently.
Tip 7: If the spaghetti protrudes out of the water, use a spatula to gently push it under water as soon as it has softened somewhat.
Tip 8: Do not put the lid firmly on the pasta pot – otherwise the water will boil over easily.
Tip 9: Stir from time to time to prevent pasta from sticking together. So you save the oil in the pasta water.
Tip 10: The noodles should still have a bite when you take them off the stove – they cook a little after pouring them off.
Tip 11: Provide a sieve or a colander in good time so that you can pour the noodles off when they are done – otherwise they are overcooked while you are still rummaging in the cupboard.
Tip 12: The sauce must be ready before the pasta – sauce can be kept warm without loss of quality, pasta cannot!
Tip 13: Do not scare pasta – this will wash the starch from the pasta and the sauce will no longer adhere properly. They also get cold quicker.
Tip 14: Put a little cooking water in the bowl – this prevents the pasta from sticking together.
Tip 15: Mix the pasta with sauce before serving – this way they stay warm longer and don't stick together.
Tip 16: An Italian saying: The guests are waiting for their pasta, not the other way around!
Tip 17: Noodles that have been rolled out with bronze rollers taste particularly good. This makes their surface nice and rough, so that they absorb the sauce particularly well.
Tip 18: Wide pasta goes particularly well with strong, chunky sauces, narrow pasta with liquid, light pasta.
Tip 19: For pasta salad, put off pasta so that they don't continue.
Tip 20: You can pre-cook pasta: just cook until they are half cooked, drain and spread out. Warm up in the sauce just before serving and finish cooking.