Along with potatoes and porridge, pasta is one of the most popular side dishes.
Many cooks start cooking pasta quite often: once or even several times a week.
At first glance, this culinary procedure is quite simple. It would seem that it is almost impossible to make a mistake.
In fact, there is a mistake that many people make when cooking pasta.
According to the expert of the online publication Belnovosti in the field of cooking, cook, fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova, we are talking about using a lid.
The expert emphasizes: there is no need to cover the pan with a lid while cooking boiled pasta.
How to cook pasta properly
You need to throw raw pasta into the already intensely bubbling water. And you need to try to get it into the very center of the pan.
Immediately after the product is in the container, you need to increase the heat. After all, the liquid has "calmed down" and needs to be boiled again.
Using a lid while cooking pasta is a big mistake!
Yes, this approach may help return the liquid to a bubbling state a little faster and speed up the preparation of the side dish. But the effect will be insignificant.
But very serious problems may make themselves known. For example, it is possible that the water will foam heavily. The liquid will start to "run away" and get on the stove. Perhaps in large quantities.
There will be little liquid left in the pan itself. But you need enough water to cook pasta properly!
Thus, the gourmet will be faced with two unpleasant consequences at once: receiving a tasteless side dish and the need to spend a long time cleaning the kitchen.
For reference
Macaroni is a pasta product in the form of tubes of different diameters and lengths.
Expert: Julia Arkhipova
