"Say hello to bland noodles that can't hold marinara. Without starch, your sauce won't have anything to stick to, and the pasta will struggle to come together."
"Never rinse cooked pasta under cold water. This washes away the pasta's natural starch and flavor, and sauces will not adhere as well."
Stanley Tucci stresses the importance of not rinsing cooked pasta in his 2012 cookbook, 'The Tucci Cookbook.' Rinsing with cold water strips the pasta of its natural starch, crucial for binding sauces effectively. This practice not only diminishes flavor but also affects the final dish's cohesiveness. Tucci highlights that his advice is applicable across all pasta recipes, especially in cold dishes where quickly cooling noodles may tempt home chefs to rinse. Instead, he suggests alternative methods to cool pasta while preserving its starch.
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