How to Tell When Pasta Is Done: Spaghetti Recipe

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Richard Buccola from New York City and today on behalf of Expert Village I'm going to show you how to make some spaghetti with meat sauce. I'm back, I just add my grated cheese. I have another minute or so before my pasta is ready or before I at least check it. So what I tend to do is come over and start setting the table and basically this is a easy clean meal. Usually I'm cleaning up stuff before I go but since this meal is pretty much you know just 2 pots it cleans up itself and it is that easy to do. So when I get back we are going to add our pasta, check our pasta, add it and put it all together and have dinner. So I'm back. I just wanted to come in here to just check our pasta, it is after 6 or after 4 minutes I'm going to test it. I want it to be a little more firmer or almost crunchy cause it is going to cook inside there. I'm going to give it a taste, that is exactly the way I want it. It is firm, almost a little bit of a crunch, it is very al dente. So the time said 6 minutes I did it in 4. Come over here and get your mitt so you don't burn yourself. What I do is just dump into or colander, let it drain for a second. "