How Many Minutes to Cook Pasta: A Cheat Sheet for Beginner Cooks
Unfortunately, not all pasta packages will tell you how long they need to be in water to reach the done state.
That's why we decided to put together a little cheat sheet that would indicate the cooking time for all types of pasta.
So, the spaghetti that many people love can be considered ready after just 8 minutes.
Conchiglie, which are better known as “shells,” are cooked for 10 minutes, and farfalle, or bows, for 8 minutes.
Spirals, which the Italians call fusilli, take 11 minutes, while capelli are ready in 3 minutes.
If you decide to make a side dish from penne, that is, feathers, cook them for 10 minutes.
For all other types, including fettuccine, linguine, tagliatelle and pappardelle, the cooking time is 8 minutes.
The only exception is macaroni (fluted tubes), which should be cooked for one minute less – 7 minutes.
