Good Eats, A Treasury of Favorite Recipes


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PASTA  
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quarts water  
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tablespoon kosher salt  
6 ounces dried spaghetti noodles  
tablespoons extra−virgin olive oil  
to 3 cloves of garlic, minced fine  
Optional Toppings:  
Capers  
Sun dried tomatoes  
Red pepper  
Olives  
Walnuts  
Hard cheeses like Asiago and Parmesan  
Soft or veined cheeses like gorgonzola or chevre  
Canned Artichokes  
Smoked oysters  
Black pepper  
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) Place water in large lidded pot, add salt and bring to a rolling boil.  
) Add spaghetti, fanning it into the water so that each strand makes contact.  
) Using a wooden spoon or tongs, gently bend noodles to submerge.  
) Cover pot and return to a rolling boil, reducing heat to medium−high.  
) Stir occasionally.  
) Pour 3 tablespoons of good quality extra virgin olive oil into the bottom of a wide  
serving bowl along with garlic.  
) In 4 minutes, start tasting. When done, a string of spaghetti should be springy when  
pulled on.  
) To the tooth, there should be some resistance but not so much that the pasta sticks in the  
teeth.  
) As soon as pasta is done, drain immediately in a large colander (lidded models are the  
best). Shake pasta to stop cooking but don't shake dry. And no rinsing.  
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0) Add pasta to serving bowl and toss to coat.  
1) Quickly divide into individual bowls and toss with various toppings.  
Yield: 4 servings  
PASTA  
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