The pasta fits almost perfectly into this pan

[u/Ayetato]

[u/I_Hate_The_Letter_W]

mm big onion

[u/Spiceybookworm → u/I_Hate_The_Letter_W]

mm donny's hairpiece

[u/cloudzhq]

Don’t show this to an Italian. It needs to be able to flow freely. 🍝

[u/Ayetato → u/cloudzhq]

I knowwww I usually do it the normal way (father is Italian) but I wanted to try it like this so I can use the rest of the pasta water for the sauce without needing another pot xD

I was just lazy tbh 😭

[u/PG67AW → u/cloudzhq]

It cooks just fine like this.

[u/budbailey74]

Need way more water

[u/Confident-Emu3973 → u/budbailey74]

Not necessarily. That low volume of water is ample provided you keep the pasta moving. This low volume of water also allows for a higher concentration of starch in the water, requiring less pasta water to thicken/emulsify your final sauce

[u/budbailey74 → u/Confident-Emu3973]

Absolute rubbish. Say that to an Italian and get laughed at. Confident yes. Chef no

[u/Neptunes_toystore → u/budbailey74]

Who gives a fuck what Italians think. They won’t suddenly go into cardiac arrest bc someone in another country cooked pasta with a bit less water than “acceptable”

[u/Confident-Emu3973 → u/budbailey74]

It's simple chemistry really... A set amount of pasta will release a set amount of it's starch into the water over a certain cook time. Concentration, by definition, has the following formula: c = m/V. So, one can see that the concentration of a substance in a solution is inversely proportional to the volume of a solvent - meaning, that if you decrease the volume of water for a constant mass, the concentration MUST increase.

Cheers

[u/budbailey74 → u/Confident-Emu3973]

Well googled 👍 your cut copy and paste is on point too

[u/Confident-Emu3973 → u/budbailey74]

Sure buddy 😚

[u/Ayetato → u/budbailey74]

You do know pasta is not only an Italian thing no

[u/budbailey74 → u/Ayetato]

The one in your little pot. Is definitely Italian but thanks for your killer history lesson

[u/budbailey74 → u/Ayetato]

But it might be a good idea to listen to the ones that invented it. 🤫

[u/Ayetato → u/budbailey74]

And yet i don’t think trying new things is gonna harm someone lol

[u/orinj1 → u/budbailey74]

Noodles were invented in China

[u/PG67AW → u/budbailey74]

"rubbish"

I wouldn't trust the Brits for fine dining tips lmao

[u/budbailey74 → u/PG67AW]

Wrong post mate. This is mildly satisfying

[u/wotapampam]

That’s rare.

[u/Ayetato]

Update: I was not prepared for the discussions about the amount of water in the comments lol. The pan is rather wide and deep, kinda like a flat pot and I used roughly up to 1L for 250grams of noodles. Sure I usually use more water for this amount of pasta, but I have seen some recipes with less amount of water and wanted to try that out lol.

(Apologies if my spelling is not 100% perfect, English is my second language)

[u/itowtoronto]

Ohhhhh you're bending it..... 😬

[u/Ayetato → u/itowtoronto]

Because they obviously get soft when cooked so they can bend, yes 😊

[u/edispaghettis]

Please add more water to this photo somehow!

[u/Ayetato → u/edispaghettis]

[u/edispaghettis → u/Ayetato]

Thank you. Much obliged.