BreezyCooking
Washing Up
I LOVE Barilla products & have never been disappointed with them. In fact, it's the only brand I buy except for picking up some artisinal stuff once in awhile.
That said, however, you do still have to watch your timing. No pasta is infallible. I usually start taste-testing my pasta - regardless of shape - about 2 minutes before it's supposed to be done per the package directions. Many times I find it's done perfectly by that time; sometimes I find I have to go a minute beyond package directions to reach that perfect stage.
It also depends on what I'm going to do with the pasta. If eating right away with sauce or chilling for a pasta salad, I'll want it more perfectly done than if I'm going to cook it further in a baked pasta dish. In that case I want it slightly underdone since it will be cooking further in the oven.
That said, however, you do still have to watch your timing. No pasta is infallible. I usually start taste-testing my pasta - regardless of shape - about 2 minutes before it's supposed to be done per the package directions. Many times I find it's done perfectly by that time; sometimes I find I have to go a minute beyond package directions to reach that perfect stage.
It also depends on what I'm going to do with the pasta. If eating right away with sauce or chilling for a pasta salad, I'll want it more perfectly done than if I'm going to cook it further in a baked pasta dish. In that case I want it slightly underdone since it will be cooking further in the oven.