PLAIN PASTA WITH BUTTER PLUS

This will flavour the pasta inside and out, making your end dish so much more delicious!!! I recommend adding 1 tablespoon of sea salt for 1 pound of pasta cooked in a 4 quart pot. Extra flavor guys!!! How much salt to add to pasta cooking water? Adding salt to the pasta water, means it move inside the pasta as the pasta absorbs the cooking water. Sure you can add extra seasoning at the end or to the sauce, but that will stay on the outside. When you add your pasta to boiling water, that is the only chance you have to season the inside of the pasta. Lets talk about why? Why salt pasta water? Please please please salt you pasta water generously! And don't add any oil to the water.

PLAIN PASTA WITH BUTTER PLUS

IT IS MAGICAL!!!! It's like a free ingredient! Plus it adds extra seasoning, assuming you have salted your pasta water well. This is what helps the water to thicken up your butter sauce whilst still keeping it light and buttery. It's the starch you see! As you cook pasta some of the starch leaches out into the cooking water. Using the pasta water enhances the sauce and makes sure it coats every strand of pasta.

But for 4 people there is only 1 stick of butter (115g) which isn't too bad for a butter sauce!!!!! Now I am not going to pretend there isn't butter in this dish! I mean it is Garlic Butter Pasta. This is how we create a smooth rich sauce without needed to add any cream or loads and loads of butter. As with so many pasta recipe on Sprinkles and Sprouts, make sure you reserve a cup of the pasta cooking water.

Plain pasta with butter