Gordon Ramsay says pasta will ‘soften’ and cook dinner completely with this intelligent trick | UK | News | EUROtoday

Pasta is fast and straightforward to make and for a lot of households it’s an absolute staple. But it may be annoying when pasta comes out over or undercooked and the feel is totally ruined. Fortunately, movie star chef Gordon Ramsay has shared two methods to cease your pasta from sticking collectively.

Gordon has been an skilled in his discipline for years and he has no hestitation with regards to cooking the Italian dish correctly. Although for some his technique might sound somewhat totally different as he seasons his pasta each earlier than and after cooking. In a YouTube video, Gordon Ramsey shared his manner of cooking the proper pasta.

The first step, he says, is to fill a big pan with water. The dimension of the pan is particularly necessary because the pasta wants “sufficient room to cook evenly”.

Once that is in you have to season the water with salt and add some olive oil, which the chef says will cease the pasta from sticking collectively and produce it to a “rolling boil”, which additionally “rolls it [the pasta] around.”

Gordon makes use of angel pasta in his video – a protracted and skinny sort which solely takes three and a half to 4 minutes to cook dinner. He pops it into the pan letting it “melt” because it hits the water after which twisting it “gently” round into the pan, brings it again to boil utilizing a pair of tongs.

If you are unhealthy with time the Gordon recommend utilizing a timer and as soon as the minutes are up you possibly can check the pasta by taking a strand out and giving it a style. The pasta also needs to really feel “nice and firm” once you’re about to style it.

He ensures the pasta is al dente by tasting the strand of pasta.

Gordon stated: “not a strong bite, but just really nice and firm inside, definitely not crunchy.”

The chef then advises tipping the pasta right into a colander, draining it and “lightly” seasoning the pasta with salt and pepper earlier than including a tablespoon of olive oil.

He says to present the pasta one final combine, which once more stops it from sticking collectively.

And there you may have it! You ought to now have “beautiful” and “al dente” pasta that is cooked completely in line with the Michelin starred chef.