Summary

If you're skipping this step when making pasta, you're leaving behind liquid gold. Among the suggestions home cooks often hear about unforgivable pasta sins , two top the list: overcooking and underseasoning. But you’ve already got this! You know to ignore the recommended cooking time by a minute or two, understanding that crossover cooking and/or added sauce will keep moving the needle toward perfect al dente, and you’re absolutely in the habit of salting your pasta cooking water to a degree that’s “like the sea.”

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