Label
All
0
Clear all filters

Testing Doneness and Serving

Appears in
Professional Cooking
Professional Cooking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2014

  • About
Many suggestions have been made for testing doneness, but none is more reliable than breaking off a very small piece and tasting it. As soon as the pasta is al dente, the cooking must be stopped at once. Half a minute extra is enough to overcook it.
Cooking times differ for every shape and size of pasta. Timing also depends on the kind of flour used and the moisture content. Times indicated on packages are often too long.
Fresh egg pasta, if it has not been allowed to dry, takes only 1 to 1½ minutes to cook after the water returns to a boil.

Become a Premium Member to access this page

  • Unlimited, ad-free access to hundreds of the world’s best cookbooks

  • Over 150,000 recipes with thousands more added every month

  • Recommended by leading chefs and food writers

  • Powerful search filters to match your tastes

  • Create collections and add reviews or private notes to any recipe

  • Swipe to browse each cookbook from cover-to-cover

  • Manage your subscription via the My Membership page

Download on the App Store
Pre-register on Google Play
Best value
'Brilliant app for foodies'
'Spotify of cookbooks'

Part of

The licensor does not allow printing of this title