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How To – cook pasta, with Jamie Oliver’s mate Pete


00:00:00I’m going to show you how to cook

00:00:02perfect pasta I’ve got a big pot of

00:00:06boiling water here I’m going to add good

00:00:11pinch of salt and then my pastor you

00:00:17want 75 to 100 grams ahead depending on

00:00:19how hungry you are

00:00:21I just shaken up a little I’ll bring the

00:00:29water back to the boil take a spoon give

00:00:35the pasta stir make sure that nothing

00:00:39sticking together now you just got to

00:00:43leave that pasta to boil

00:00:45according to pack instructions but

00:00:47probably about 10 minutes and that pasta

00:00:50will be cooked get the pastor stir now

00:00:54and again just to make sure nothing

00:00:56sticking together

00:01:02Pasteur’s ready now so I’m going to do

00:01:05is take cup of water

00:01:10put it to one side I’m going to take

00:01:15this off and drain it in the sink here’s

00:01:22the pasta cooked and here’s the hot

00:01:30sauce I’m going to use so the pesto goes

00:01:36into the sauce just get rid of this

00:01:52now passing it gets stirred together the

00:01:57tomato sauce nice if the sauce is a

00:02:01little thick and it’s not cutting esta

00:02:05properly and what you do is add a little

00:02:10bit bit left over cooking water you put

00:02:13to one side

00:02:15mister and there you have it perfect

00:02:22pasta