What can you add to pasta?

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How can I make pasta more interesting?

Cheap and Easy Add-Ins

Crushed red pepper flakes.
Dried herbs (i.e. basil, oregano, etc.)
Fresh grated cheese.
Shredded cheese.
Salt and pepper.
Lemon juice/zest.
Peanuts or pine nuts.

How do I make good pasta?

The Easy Secrets to Way Better Pasta

Make sure your cooking water is salty like the sea, and almost as plentiful.
Check the package’s cooking time, but don’t put too much faith in it.
Reserve a little pasta water.
Never, ever rinse.
Finish your pasta in its sauce.

How do you add flavor to pasta?

8 Ways to Elevate Canned Spaghetti Sauce

1 – Extra virgin olive oil. Adding a good amount of a flavorful olive oil will go a long way in infusing flavor into your sauce.
2 – Fresh garlic.
3 – Meat.
4 – Hot pepper flakes.
5 – Red wine.
6 – Fresh or dried herbs.
7 – Cheese.
8 – Cream and/or butter.

How do you add flavor to boiling pasta?

A generous amount of salt in the water seasons the pasta internally as it absorbs liquid and swells. The pasta dish may even require less salt overall. For a more complex, interesting flavor, I add 1 to 2 tablespoons sea salt to a large pot of rapidly boiling water.

What to add to pasta to spice it up?

Should you soak pasta before cooking?

For instance, soaking the pasta and the practice of not cooking the pasta in boiling water prevent the gelatinization of the starches, which is an essential process if we want to make our pasta digestible.

What to add in pasta water to make it taste better?

How do you add flavor to plain pasta?

Switch up the herbs – add dried herbs like oregano, rosemary or Italian seasoning when you heat up the oil (1/4 of a teaspoon should be plenty!). Or, add some different fresh herbs like basil or thyme right before you serve it. Add a protein like cooked chicken or shrimp to make it more filling.