Cooking Cop
Assistant Cook
Everytime I cook pasta (per the directions), after I remove it from the heat, and drain it, the pasta sticks together and I have to pull it apart so it is not a big "Glump". Am I cooking it too long, or not long enough?
It sounds like you are probably using the right pot. How much water would you say it could hold and how full are you filling it? Take your best guess.Cooking Cop said:GB,
I cook it in the standard large steel pot that has the strainer that goes inside. (Sorry if I am not using the correct term, still learning here!)
Maybe I am just putting too much in at one time.
krichardson said:put a couple of tablespoons of butter or olive oil in the pasta pot & return the cooked pasta from the colander back into the pot.
My experience with pasta is you should not add butter or olive oil to your pasta as the sauce slids off of your pasta. The starch helps you sauce to stick onto your noodles.