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If you’ve ever cooked boxed pasta, you know the drill: boil for 8 to 12 minutes, drain, done. Fresh pasta is like the express lane of pasta cooking. It’s like comparing a quick shower to a leisurely bath. Both get you clean, but one is over before you even pick a song.

This speed is actually a blessing. You can make fresh pasta from scratch, cook it, and eat it in under 30 minutes. That’s faster than ordering takeout—if you’re organized, anyway.

This Nigella-approved ‘passive cooking’ pasta hack could save you money

The golden rule: boil hard, salt well

Here’s a rhetorical question: why waste all that effort if you’re going to cook it in lukewarm water? Boil that water hard—a rolling boil, not a gentle simmer. And don’t be shy with salt. Pasta water should taste like the sea, because that’s the only chance you get to season the noodle from the inside out.

Also, save a cup of that starchy water before draining. It’s liquid gold for your sauce, but that’s a whole other article.