Cooking Pasta Household Hint

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on December 21, 2005

Here is the best way I have found to cook pasta:

Fill a 4-quart pot 3/4 full of water and bring to a full rolling boil. Roiling boil means the bubbles come to the top and burst quickly.

Add the salt.

After the water is again bubbling fast and furiously, put in your spaghetti slowly, and give it a good stir.

Then immediately put the lid on the pot and twist it (that makes a vacuum), and turn off the heat.

Let this sit for exactly 20 minutes.

Don’t remove the lid during this time. That is the secret.

Then drain quickly because it is done.

Fettuccine Alfredo Pasta Recipe

Posted by Grandma Jeanne on

1 pound fettuccine noodles, cooked al dente
1/4 pound butter
1 egg yolk
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Salt
Pepper

Cream butter until fluffy. Add egg yolk and cream, and beat constantly while adding cheese a tablespoon at a time.

Put drained noodles in large heated serving bowl.

Add cheese mixture to fettuccine, and season with salt and pepper.

Serve immediately.