Peel and finely chop garlic. Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat and gently sauté garlic until lightly golden. Drain and rinse the beans, then add them to the pan. Roughly mash them with a wooden ...

Food Editor Francesca Zani tries four budget-friendly pastas and four artisanal pastas to see which ranks best in each ...

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the linguine until al dente. In a separate pan add the olive oil and ...

The next time you dine at an Italian restaurant, skip this pasta dish. It's prone to overcooking, so your chances of getting ...

Al dente pasta absorbs more of the sauce while significantly contributing to a silkier, creamier result, and it’s especially good for when you need to add your cooked noodles to a skillet while ...

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When he makes pasta, he explains, “it would be an insult to buy manicotti or gnocchi” from the supermarket. Instead, he always makes his from scratch.

In Italy, there's not only one cooking style — al dente is not the Italian way," he continued, explaining that there's not one rigid definition of perfectly cooked pasta.

Fresh pasta will cook up in two to four minutes, making easy work of putting out 20 plates of pasta in 10 minutes. Dry pasta, however, takes eight to 15 minutes to cook.