pasta water
Noodle cooking liquid
Pasta water is the starchy liquid left after boiling pasta.
Cooks reserve it to add body to sauces—the dissolved starch helps emulsify oil and water, creating silkier, more cohesive results: Save some pasta water before you drain the pot.
A splash can also loosen a sauce that's become too thick.
- starchyContaining complex carbohydrates
- liquid goldHighly valued fluid substance
- saltyTasting of brine
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- rolling boilContinuous violent bubbling
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- grainswheat, rice, oats, barley, corn
- Kitchen Hacksdefrosting
- boilingboiling point, rolling boil, rapid boil, hard boil, soft boil
- pasta dinnerparmesan, olive oil, garlic bread, red pepper flakes, grated cheese
cooking liquid composition
pasta waterdemi-glace
Concentrated French brown sauce
consommé · stock · broth · bone broth · fond
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