if you're taking your pasta under the
water and putting it directly on the
plate and then put in your sauce right
on top of the pasta then you're doing it
all wrong
most people inclined to dump all the
water in the pasta in the colander in
the sink don't throw away the starchy
water you're going to want to save that
water because that's going to come in
handy later rinsing out with cold water
is also wrong it gets rid of all the
starch and you need the starch because
it's going to give you a silky mouthfeel
I see too many people cook their pasta
put it in the colander and then they
start working on their sauce and let the
pasta get cold and sticky
don't dump the sauce on top of the
sticky lukewarm pasta on the plate
that's just wrong now I'm going to show
you the right way to sauce your pasta
take the hot pasta out of the pasta
water and put it inside the pot with the
hot sauce and we're going to cook it
together like a minute
that way the pasta can absorb some of
the sauce and it's just going to become
this great tasting stew together now you
didn't dump the pasta water down the
sink we still have a little bit starchy
water and we're going to add some of
that water to the sauce to help me give
it that shiny yummy flavor after the
pasta in the sauce have cooked together
for like a minute we're going to turn
the heat off and we're going to finish
with a little bit of butter a little bit
of olive oil and a little bit of cheese
it's with the Italians called mantecato
which means to cream or to make really
smooth if you're going to add fresh
herbs it's always best to put them at
the end and mix it inside the pasta
instead of sprinkling on top if you've
done all these things right you've got a
great plate of pasta