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What's the Best Way to Cook Pasta?

Season 4 Episode 7

That's right--there's science behind perfectly cooked pappardelle. Pasta noodles contain only three ingredients: eggs, water and flour. Cooking pasta chemically changes how the proteins and starches interact, making the noodles sticky and springy. Therefore, what you do — or don’t do — to the cooking water can change the edible result. This video serves up food-chemistry informed pasta pro-tips.