"Everybody cooks their pasta al dente, don't they?" she continues.
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Cook the noodles until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes.
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Add the macaroni and cook until al dente, 7 minutes.
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Boil the spinach garganelli until al dente, about 4 minutes.
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Cook for about 20 seconds or until just al dente.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente, then drain.
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"It's like al dente but not quite," Mr. Chiang said.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, 12 minutes.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente, 10 minutes.
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Add the fettucini and cook until al dente, 12 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, 8 minutes.
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Boil for 7 minutes until al dente, then drain it thoroughly.
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Add pasta, and cook according to package directions, until al dente.
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Add spaghetti, and cook until al dente, 9 to 11 minutes.
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Add pasta, and cook according to package directions until al dente.
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Add the lasagna sheets and cook until al dente, 6 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 5 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook, stirring, until al dente, 10 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 11 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 6 minutes.
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Add spaghetti and cook, stirring, until al dente, about 10 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 9 minutes.
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Add the spaghetti and cook, stirring, until al dente, then drain.
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Add the shells and cook until al dente, about 6 minutes.
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Add the egg noodles and cook until al dente, 8 minutes.
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Cook for 5 to 6 minutes until they are al dente.
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Add the linguine and cook until al dente, about 9 minutes.
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Then, I toss the whole lot with perfectly al dente pasta.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
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Cook your pasta until al dente and add in the blanched leaves.
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Sauté until at al dente, remove from pan, and set aside. 4.
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Add the pasta and cook, stirring, until al dente, about 7 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook, stirring, until al dente, about 8 minutes.
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Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 5 minutes.
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Add the pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9 minutes.
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Customer: Their noodles are exactly how I like them, like, al dente.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente (approximately 8 minutes). 2.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. 2.
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Try the slow-cooked lamb shoulder, accompanied by al dente green beans.
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Al Dente Pasta Piccolo series, $3.39 for a 12-ounce bag, aldentepasta.
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Add the linguine and cook, stirring, until al dente, about 12 minutes.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente, 13 minutes. Drain. 4.
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Add the lasagna sheets and cook until al dente, about 53 minutes.
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Meanwhile, you cook the fresh lo mein noodles till they're al dente.
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Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until just al dente, about 12 minutes.
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As I twirl the al dente linguini around my fork, I glance up.
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With the tool, you get al dente pasta in a few simple steps.
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Cook pasta until al dente, about 8 minutes; reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water.
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Add pasta and cook until just al dente, then drain and reserve. 2.
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Once the water is boiling, add the macaroni and cook until al dente.
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Take care to cook the pasta on the firm side of al dente.
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The beans are actually al dente black eyed peas dusted with mole powder.
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Fortunately, the staff recommended affordable dishes like a truffled spaghetti, cooked al dente.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until JUST under al dente, about 9 minutes.
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Her arms were like spaghetti, sometimes overcooked, sometimes a lot more al dente.
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Add the pasta and cook until just under al dente, about 9 minutes.
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Add the spaghetti and cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, about 8 minutes.
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A little bite is OK. "Al dente" is what we are going for. 3.
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The instructions start with boiling fettuccine noodles until al dente, which is easy enough.
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Meanwhile, cook the wheat in boiling water for 10 minutes or until al dente.
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When the salt has dissolved, add the pasta and cook until al dente. 3.
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It was slightly al dente and a little salty, but mostly devoid of flavor.
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Add the pasta and cook until al dente, following the instructions on the box.
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Cook the linguine to al dente in a large pot of salted boiling water. 6.
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Cook for 5 minutes or until zucchini is al dente or cooked to your preference.
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Add ziti to the boiling water, and cook until al dente, according to package directions.
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When the spaghetti is al dente, remove with tongs and transfer directly to the sauce.
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Add the spaghetti and cook 1 minute less than the box says for al dente.
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Meanwhile, drop the bucatini in the boiling water and cook until tender yet al dente.
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Salt the boiling water generously, add pasta and cook until al dente, according to package directions.
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Place the pasta in the water and cook until just barely al dente, about 6 minutes.
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Noodles have the lowest score on the glycemic index when they're al dente—aka slightly firm.
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Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to package directions until al dente, about 9 minutes.
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The gnocchi's texture is al dente, firm on the inside and pillowy soft on the outside.
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Add the shallots, carrot, and celery root and cook until soft or al dente (personal preference).
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First course is pasta e fagiole with al dente noodles swimming in the bean-based broth.
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Though Al Dente Pasta is factory-made, it delivers the characteristics of fresh homemade egg pasta.
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Bring to a simmer and cook until the pasta is al dente, 7 to 8 minutes.
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In a large saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the macaroni until al dente, about 5 minutes.
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He tosses it in a bowl of fusilli—though any short pasta suffices, really—cooked al dente.
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Add the spaghetti and cook until al dente, then drain, reserving a ladle-full of water. 2.
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Add the guanciale, rendered fat and al dente pasta to the egg mixture, stirring to coat. 4.
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Unfortunately, not a grain of Ms. Clarke's al dente pudding, fragrant with Madagascar vanilla, made it home.
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The hot-cold, salty-sweet, al dente-soft contrast is striking at first but tasty and balanced.
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A few minutes of stirring results in perfectly al dente pasta bathed in a ruddy red sauce.
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Front Burner Al Dente Pasta has added spinach and turmeric flavors in fun shapes to its lineup.
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A final finishing dollop of aioli swirled into the al dente rice sleeks it with satiny richness.
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The thick pasta was cooked al dente, and held the sauce — which was hearty and complex —particularly well.
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Suddenly there seemed to be more important questions than whether the braised-rabbit agnolotti were cooked al dente.
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But instead of al dente pasta, it's the potato's golden, crunchy skin that gives the dish its texture.
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Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water according to package directions until al dente; drain. 3.
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It's meaty, it's cheesy, and it's held together by al dente noodles that give structure to this glorious mess.
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The meat was perfectly cooked and tender, the pasta was al dente, and the aromas and flavors were rich.
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The thin-crust pizza is wonderfully light, the pasta (slicked with luscious, vivid-green homemade pesto) perfectly al dente.
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Slip in the cooked drained beans to coat, then toss with al dente spaghetti and a splash of broth.
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Keep an eye on the pasta and check on it so you get the al dente-texture you prefer.
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In a large pot, prepare pasta very al dente, cooking for about half of the time indicated on the package.
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Toss in the fresh noodles and cook for 2 minutes or so, until the pasta is al dente and bouncy.
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Spiraling your veggies and cooking them perfectly al dente will feed your need for that firm-to-the-bite craving!
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Mushroom carbonara, which sounds like the ideal winter splurge, involves clunky noodles as thick as udon and too al dente.
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Once the pasta was ~al dente~ as they say, the girls strapped on their swim suits and dove right in.
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It's used to coat large tubes of al dente pasta, and is topped with those crisped golden-brown bread crumbs.
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Noodles only need a few short minutes of cooking to create the chewy, springy texture we know as al dente.
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Rich egg yolk; umami-laden cheese; salty, porky fattiness; the cutting heat of freshly-cracked pepper; and perfectly al dente pasta.
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When water in stockpot comes to a full, rolling boil, add pasta and cook until al dente, about 9-303 minutes.
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But Pepe's was not among the highest bidders, and the Consiglios negotiated with other buyers, including a group called Al Dente.
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The only way this whole thing could've been better is if she went for a third piece of al-dente jewelry.
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The Carolina Gold Rice middlins, or broken rice, create a texture that is simultaneously al dente and velvety in every bite.
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First course: penne, precisely al dente, with a sauce of slow-cooked onions and tomatoes and a topping of bread crumbs.
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But a gorgeous mix of well-seasoned vegetables and al dente pasta that's glistening with good olive oil, citrus and herbs?
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This pasta cooks very quickly—to ensure you get al dente noodles, do not walk away once you drop your noodles.
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While the sauce heated, we boiled a pot of water, added in our pasta, and waited for al-dente magic to happen.
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Cook pasta in a stockpot of well-salted boiling water for 13 to 3 minutes less than package directions for al dente.
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Just keep it simple, al dente, and unadulterated, and you'll be thanking the pasta gods for one of their most divine creations.
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Bring a pot of generously salted water to a boil and cook the cauliflower until al dente, about 2 to 203 minutes.
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Finally, you may be familiar with the pleasantly savory flavor of umami, and like your pasta cooked al dente, just firm enough.
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Add the macaroni and return to a boil; once boiling, cook until barely al dente (about 5 minutes), then drain the pasta well.
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The French lentil salad was a standout, cooked to al dente perfection and full of carrots, zucchini, baby arugula, sunflower seeds and feta.
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If you're using the fresh pasta, it will only take 3-4 minutes, or if dried, 8-9 or until al dente. 4.
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Put it in some perfectly salted water for just the right number of minutes and you can still enjoy toothsome al dente noodles.
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Ricotta cavatelli, also an al dente success, came with braised duck shards, Brussels sprout petals, slightly bitter green Castelvetrano olives and pecorino Romano cheese.
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I asked the chefs if the Nordic people could accept the rice so al dente, and they told me to serve it like this.
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Dessert was a high point: a flaky miniature babka, with coffee-cardamom gelato; an al-dente baked apple, with granola and tart-apple sorbet.
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Step 4 Meanwhile, cook the macaroni al dente in boiling water, to which the olive oil and remaining tablespoon of salt have been added.
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Cook the noodles until al dente, about 90 seconds (if they are thin like spaghetti) to 3 minutes (if they are thick like linguini).
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The pasta arrived perfectly al dente and with just the right amount of brown butter sauce, flavored with Limoncello and sage and topped with walnuts.
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A second was garganelli cacao e pepe, which translated into a big bowl of al dente tubular pasta caressed by grated Parmesan and black pepper.
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Lasagna is layered with al dente wheels of waxy potato and a pesto as vibrant as if the basil had been picked 10 minutes ago.
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Luckily for all of us, pasta companies have taken the guesswork out by putting cooking times on packages that always result in al dente pasta.
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I cooked a pound of spaghetti until it was barely al dente, then stirred it into the waiting pan of sauce and added the cheese.
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The pasta was a tad al dente, but overall I thought it tasted just as good as if it had been made on the stove.
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Made with high-protein flour for pliability, the noodles are at once elastic and dense, just short of al dente, demanding more of the teeth.
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But before we know it, the dish is ready anyhow, a tangled heap of toothsome al dente noodles loaded with bright flavor and no unnecessary frills.
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After five minutes under pressure you stir in evaporated milk, cheddar, and Monterey Jack cheese, make sure the pasta is al dente, and Bob's your uncle.
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We're not sure what sort of sorcery is used by Tolerant to form pasta that can cook to al dente like NBD, but we'll take it!
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When asked to define "al dente," almost one in five Brits thought it meant eating outside, and 14 percent believed aperitifs were drunk after a meal.
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Having previously served Washington tastes of Italian (Al Dente), Turkish (Ottoman Taverna) and contemporary American (Mirabelle), he recently placed his bets on French, with Brasserie Liberté.
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The sleeper hit is the rich candele, sweet with carrots, charred scallions, Fresno chilies, pancetta, and yogurt, the perfectly al-dente scrolls pulling it all together.
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Meanwhile, Lincoln "the al dente dentist" (Hannibal Buress) gracefully breaks up with Ilana, who has to contend with feeling heartbroken even though she's a polyamorous queen.
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It starts with a cheesy pine nut and basil pesto, which is then tossed with perfectly al dente noodles, crisp green beans, and hearty pieces of potato.
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This allows you to assemble the dish ahead of time without ruining the texture of the pasta, and ensures your noodles stay perfectly al dente after baking.
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Add to that plenty of al dente noodles, coated in a breathtakingly spicy fra diavolo sauce, and you have, at $18 dollars, one of Confetti's better deals.
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A few noodle bowls proved the most satisfying: fresh spinach spaghetti, with broccoli, kale, preserved lemon, Parmesan, and saffron crumbs, was precisely al dente and return-worthy.
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Spaghetti was cooked to perfect al dente chewiness, and whatever flair the accompanying tomato sauce lacked was made up for by three fennel and cayenne-accented meatballs.
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But the rice is al dente, the meat feels like real meat and the vegetables have maintained the color they're blessed with here on God's green earth.
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Fresh pastas, made in-house, are standouts: we tried a perfectly al dente cappelletti filled with caciocavallo cheese and topped with sweet fava beans and morel mushrooms.
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" David Winner is the author of several books, including "Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer" and "Al Dente: Madness, Beauty and the Food of Rome.
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The tagliolini cooked in the cacciucco broth as a second course after all the seafood has been eaten might be 60 seconds away from being al dente.
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The time and care that goes into crafting each piece and bringing it all to "al dente" perfection isn't something that's easy to find at your local restaurants.
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Some were al dente, some softened until silky, all bathed in a luscious green sauce and topped with crunchy chorizo-fat bread crumbs and tart coins of rhubarb.
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Just like with the first batch, I tried the bow ties without sauce first — and found that Brown's method resulted in pasta that was slightly more al dente.
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Add the remaining radicchio and continue stirring and cook 2 to 3 more minutes until the rice is perfectly creamy and al dente at the same moment. 3.
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That eggplant lasagna, which I had, along with the salad, for 10 euros, also happened to be excellent, with perfectly al dente noodles and a creamy tomato sauce.
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Her preferred method was to steam it in a pan on top of a pot of sauce until it was smooth and light, not crumbly or al dente.
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Meanwhile, boil some heavily salted water, and cook some dried pasta in it (I like shells for how they cloak the chickpeas) until it is just al dente.
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With five gargantuan shrimps, numerous crosscut segments of al dente asparagus and shredded leek whites, it was one of the more memorable courses that I sampled at Pho Vietnam.
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When the potatoes are done, a handful of pasta goes in, and when the pasta is al dente, you ladle this steaming, chunky marvel of a soup into bowls.
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Which means next time we find ourselves wondering if there's actually a difference between sweet potatoes and yams or what al dente really means, we shouldn't be afraid to ask.
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Repeat the procedure, adding the broth in 3/4 cup increments, stirring constantly until the liquid reduces by two-thirds, and the pasta is al dente, 18 to 20 minutes.
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Korean tteokbokki — rice cakes with the shape and texture of very al dente gnocchi — bathe in a briny mussel broth that pops thanks to a healthy dollop of salmon roe.
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If you drain it while still al dente (it should have a spine to it when you bite down), it won't turn to mush as it sits in the dressing.
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"I know Italian because I was in prison with a lot of Italians," he said, noting that they helped impress upon him the importance of pasta being cooked al dente.
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She briefly boils a pound and a half of packaged spaghetti in salted water, taking it out of the pot with tongs while the pasta is still quite al dente.
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I added a can of chopped tomatoes and let everything simmer, simmer, simmer until the kids barked, boiled water, got pasta into it and allowed it to cook until al dente.
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Following the recipe, I waited for the water to boil before reducing the heat to a simmer, removing the lid, and stirring the noodles for about five minutes, or until al dente.
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With the pasta perfectly al dente, Colu fished it out of the pot with a strainer and transferred it directly to the pan with the tomatoes, garlic, and greens, before reincorporating the pork.
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Make like Aaron Hutcherson and toss a homemade dip with al dente pasta shells (above) and pieces of mozzarella, then bake it until it's nice and bubbly and the top is golden brown.
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The menu is essentially a reprise, anchored by dishes like chicken dappled with a green sauce; a salad with anchovies tucked in its shadows; gnocchi à la minute and other al dente pastas.
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A 6-ounce serving of pencil asparagus will cook al dente in boiling water in about 2-3 minutes; add enough salt after the water begins to boil until it tastes like mild seawater.
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LA chef Erwin Tjahyadi's Vietnamese Mexican crossover might sound bad but who can argue with al dente rice noodles, sriracha sauce, and rib-eye beef poached in pho broth and wrapped in a burrito?
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A variety called skinny kelp, it was lightly salty and profoundly savory, with a flavor like ice-cold oyster liquor, and a crisp, snappy texture somewhere between stewed collard greens and al dente fettuccine.
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Cavatelli Bolognese was served al dente with a rich, creamy and tasty sauce — but we had to push half of it to the side to keep from feeling as though we had ordered a stew.
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Once his pasta is perfectly al dente, he ladles the pasta and a significant amount of the cooking water into the tomato pan, cooking until it is reduced and the sauce begins to look silky.
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I watched in awe as my chef pulled bucatini, spaghetti and penne from the water before the noodles were quite cooked and took them to al dente in the ever-present pan of simmering sauce.
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You could make billi bi, the outrageous mussel soup, and use the leftovers to pour over a bowl of al dente spaghetti the next night, a move we learned from the dapper newsman Bill Schmidt.
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The texture of the veggies might not be identical, but they have an al dente quality that might not fool you into think you're enjoying a plate of fettucini, but can make you forget to care.
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Whatever type you choose will honestly be great, I just ask that you cook them separately (to al dente, please) in a pot of salted water as to not cloud or alter the flavor the broth.
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As I chewed and chewed — here's a kitchen that knows what al dente means — I'd start to taste anchovies, as if one small piece had been pounded into invisibility and stirred with the garlic and oil.
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That's right, no measuring or two parts this to one part that — just fill up a pot with water, bring the water to a boil, throw in the rice, cook it until it's al dente, and strain.
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Seidler was greeted by a former intern who had opened a pasta restaurant—"the only al-dente pasta in La Paz," Seidler told me—and by the proprietors of a new café that brews high-end Bolivian coffee.
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The coniglio alla cacciatora , or hunter's rabbit, came as nubs of tender, gamey meat on a bed of polenta larded with cheese and butter, and the onglet appeared as great red slices of hanger steak, alongside al-dente chickpeas.
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When the noods were just al dente, I drained them and reserved a bit of the cooking water as directed by KJ — I then added both of those ingredients to my sauté pan and tossed in the cheese and lemon juice.
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If you have a measuring tape handy, neat, but all you really need is a piece of string/a shoelace/some al dente pappardelle to wrap around the penis shaft at the widest point then measure with your trusty ruler.
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" Pennie and I had downed a few glasses of wine by that point, and yet somehow I managed to refrain from making a bad phallic pun out of the phrase "drain it as soon as it reaches al-dente toothiness.
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There was also a run of Italy references, like AL DENTE, ELBA, ARTE and CARUSO, all of which I may have made too much of since I'm trying to relearn a little bit of la lingua dell'amore for a coming vacation.
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He recommends fruits and vegetables as the primary part of a healthy diet in his anti-inflammatory food pyramid, with whole and cracked grains, pasta al dente, beans, healthy fats and fish and shellfish making up the other main sources of nutrients.
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Perhaps your spuds turned out golden brown and crisp on the outsides, but were still hard and undercooked on the insides (nobody likes al dente potatoes) — or maybe the insides were tender and perfectly cooked, but the outsides were pale and soggy.
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Add the potatoes and cook 1 minute, then add the pasta and cook until 4 minutes left of the prescribed cooking time to al dente and add the beans; cook the remaining 3 minutes and drain everything together in a colander. 3.
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You will then take your first skeptical bite of the beastly thing and get a mouthful of al dente rice noodles, basil, hoisin, sriracha sauce, sauteed onions, jalapeño, and thin, tender slices of ribeye beef lightly poached in a traditional pho broth.
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Asparagus delight, consisting of eight thoroughly cooked spears (not al dente, as advertised) wrapped in a slice of so-so ham (instead of a promised piece of Black Forest meat), and baptized with mustard-spiked mayo, were — if not delightful — rather satisfactory.
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Al Dente, which drops on outsider house vanguard 100% Silk is a perfectly imperfect blend of Omar-S, Sex Tags Mania and a good dollop of greasy grit and it comes with some killer artwork courtesy of John-Henry Pajak and Geordie Cargill.
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So think of your palate as Goldilocks when you're taste-testing your pasta — no matter what the shape, al dente will not be crunchy when you bite down, nor should it be totally floppy and soggy (unless you like your noodles like that, I guess).
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Continue stirring and adding the stock a ladleful a time, waiting until the liquid is absorbed each time before adding more, until the rice is tender and creamy yet still a little al dente, about 15 minutes (you may have a little stock left over).
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The dough, for example, is made with organic flour and is "not as soft" as with traditional pelmeni, he said; growing up in Sheepshead Bay, a historically Italian neighborhood, he fell in love with pasta and wanted the dumplings to have a texture closer to al dente.
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The impeccable soba noodles, served extra al dente in a cold dashi with slices of sudachi Japanese citrus and with perhaps the best tempura that I have had in my life, was only a precursor of what was to come for the next 24 hours with the guy.
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In September 2014, after the Consiglios had chosen another bidder — they declined to identify the bidder in several interviews — Carmine Capasso and his brother Vincenzo, who were part of Al Dente, filed a lawsuit in which they accused Sally's of breaking an agreement to sell the restaurant to them.
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There is only the fishy aroma of fatty mackerel roasting away with radishes and gochujang, and the residual hum of a Vitamix transforming dried soybeans and black sesames in the chilled, nutty base for kongguksu, a dish of al dente somen noodles swimming in freshly made soy milk.
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Mr. Berselius does impressive things with more ordinary materials, though, like the slabs of scallop and their dark-coral roe with elderflower-scented brown butter spooned over the top, or a simple and remarkably good stick of roasted king crab leg with tiny potatoes, cooked almost al dente.
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Within this cohort, several chefs revel in the juxtaposition of Japanese and Italian cuisine — the latter long beloved in Japan, where it is fondly called itameshi, and where local chefs obsess over perfecting Neapolitan pizza with kerchief-thin, pliant crusts and cooking spaghetti to the exact second of al dente.
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Continue to add hot stock in small batches (just enough to moisten the rice completely) and cook until each successive batch has been absorbed, stirring constantly, until the rice mixture is creamy but still al dente, about 18 minutes total; add the grated beets about halfway through the cooking time. 4.
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My companions and I did serious damage to an abundance of lightly fried Stella Mar oysters from Greenwich, served with a tingly kim-chi-mayo dip; spaghetti squash with a delicious black trumpet mushroom purée and grilled shrimp; and thin-crusted flatbread, spread with al dente cauliflower buds, anchovies, fresh parsley and thyme.
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Other entrees, competently prepared but not memorable, included piccatine al limone (flattened slices of veal plated with mashed potatoes, spinach, zesty caper berries and a lemon slice) and tagliolini frutti di mare (spaghetti-like pasta served al dente, enlivened with smidgens of shrimp, scallops and calamari in a light marinara sauce and accompanied by an arugula-radicchio salad).
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But no one has yet cracked the complex code of how to produce a good bowl of pasta — reasonably al dente, appropriately sauced, made with high-quality ingredients — in the same amount of time it takes a Chipotle outlet to roll a burrito or a Sweetgreen branch to toss a salad, and for about the same price.
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"I always wanted to crack the code on making pasta that typically takes a long time to cook, and figure out a way to provide it to people more quickly without sacrificing the quality or the al dente bite," said Ladner, who left Del Posto last February to found his fast-casual pasta restaurant, Pasta Flyer.
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As the Phantom camera rolled, team members swatted a cup of Jell-O with a tennis racket, blasted Mr. Tepper in the face with mini-marshmallows fired from a T-shirt gun and dropped an egg onto the blades of a drone hovering at shoulder level, splattering several members of the team with an al dente aeronautic omelet as they doubled over in laughter.
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" In "The Peach," a fittingly-named chapter of Al Dente: Madness, Beauty, and the Food of Roma, English author David Winner describes how such overt use of fruit imagery dates as far back as 16th-century Rome to the works of Vincenzo Campi and Caravaggio: "The idea of the fruit became the perfect metaphor for the culture of post-Reformation Rome, a culture whose quest for religious and political orthodoxy frequently led to further uncertainties and where humor alone offered an acceptable outlet for transgressive desire.
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