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Water to pasta ratio (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca to c/food@beehaw.org

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Hello!

I just noticed on a package of pasta I bought that it encouraged a 10:1 water to pasta ratio. That is 1 litre of water per 100 g pasta. A standard pack of pasta would require 5 liters of water.

Is this totally normal to you? What's your ratio?

I think I'm somewhere slightly less than 3:1 for my standard pasta boil.

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[–] artemisia@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear you all about having nice, starchy pasta water but it is important to have enough water that the pasta can move around freely or else it can end up being cooked unevenly. I think that's probably where the water ratio recommendation comes from.

[–] thrawn21@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Fair point, I have flown too close to the sun before, and used so little water that my pasta came out with undercooked clumped spots. So reduce water volume with care.