On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:28:54 +0100, "cristina" <siena_us(REMOVE BEFORE
> wrote:

>About the ladle of water, depends on for how many people but for 4 people (1
>pound of pasta) a ladle is right. If you have a watery sauce that means the
>pasta is overcooked and couldn't absorb any more. If you remove the pasta
>when it is almost al dente and then add the sauce then the water and let it
>cook for the last minute, the water gets absorbed.

"Almost al dente." That makes more sense. Most of the recipes I see
say to cook pasta al dente because that is the point at which it
should be eaten. In that case, cooking it further in the sauce would
then make it not al dente.

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