How long does it take to make Cooked pasta?

Taste about two minutes before the package time: the pasta should bite easily but still be firm, because it keeps cooking in the sauce.

13 minTotal

3 minActive time

10 minSetting

#	What to do	How long
1	Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early)	10 min
2	Drain	3 min

The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.

A liter of water for every 100 g of pasta, so the water returns to a boil quickly and the pasta doesn't stick.
A heaping teaspoon of salt per liter (about 6–7 g), not "salty as the sea": seawater is five times saltier.