10 to 12 minutes.
To cook pasta properly, pasta needs a lot of water. A too-small pot and too little water encourages the pasta to clump and stick together, thus cooking unevenly. For a pound (16 ounces) of pasta, you will want a pot that holds at least 5 or 6 quarts of water. Most pastas cook in 8 to 12 minutes. Test dry pasta for doneness after about 4 minutes of cooking by tasting it. It is difficult to give exact cooking times since different shapes and thickness of pasta will take less or more time to cook. Report Abuse. Here's How: 1. Fill a pot with one quart (1 liter) of water per serving of pasta (1/4 pound, 100 g) you plan to make, and set it to boil. When the water comes to a boil, add 1 tablespoon of coarse salt (a little less if it's fine) per quart of water. Check the pasta package for pasta cooking time.  Cooking Time: Cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Spaghetti. Long thin round strand pastas. Cooking Time: Cook for 9 to 12 minutes. Spaghetti (Low Carb). A low carbohydrate pasta that is the same thickness and size as regular spaghetti. It has about 25% of the carbohydrates contained in regular pasta. Cooking Time: Cook for 6 to 9 minutes. Cooking Time: Cook for 7 to 10 minutes. Fedelini (fidelini). Very thin strands of long pasta, which are slightly thicker than vermicelli. Cooking Time: Cook for 5 to 7 minutes. For a closer look, check out:VIDEO: How to Cook Pasta with Giuliana. EIGHT STEPS TO PERFECT PASTA. 1  For every one pound of pasta, bring 5 quarts of water to a rolling boil. 2  Once water is boiling, then add about 2 tbsp. of coarse salt, or 1/4 cup table salt. 3  Stir to keep the pasta from sticking. 4  Stir within the first 2 minutes of cooking pasta. 1 For every one pound of pasta, bring 5 quarts of water to a rolling boil. 2  Once water is boiling, then add about 2 tbsp. of coarse salt, or 1/4 cup table salt. 3  Stir to keep the pasta from sticking. Cover and cook on low 2 to 3 hours or until pasta is al dente. Add arugula the last 10 minutes of cooking, stir to combine. Serve on a platter and sprinkle with parmesan if desired. Minimum slow cooker size 4 quarts.  Add the Italian seasoning and chopped parsley. Bring to a simmer and reduce the heat to a very low simmer on the lowest simmer setting on your stovetop. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes or so while you make the pasta. 5 By this time your pasta water in step one should be boiling. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook, uncovered, at a rolling boil, for 5 to 6 minutes, al dente. Note that the pasta will continue to cook and absorb some of the sauce when it is in the casserole dish in the oven, so the pasta should be al dente. Don't rely on the package to give you the correct cooking time (this is only a guideline). Start timing when the water returns to a boil. Most pastas cook in 8 to 12 minutes. Test dry pasta for doneness after about 4 minutes of cooking by tasting it. It is difficult to give exact cooking times since different shapes and thickness of pasta will take less or more time to cook. When they no longer look stiff, then take one and take a bite. If there's crunch to it it's not done, if it's just a little hard in the center, then it's done. The length of time it needs to cook will depend if it's regular spaghetti noodles, thin spaghetti, vermacelli, or angel hair. Read the box, it will give you an idea as to how long to cook that particular type of noodle. Source(s): MarLo · 8 years ago. 
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