Heat
How to boil water for pasta and vegetables
Heat liquid until big bubbles rise and break all over the surface.
Step by step
- Use a pot big enough that the water fills it no more than three quarters.
- Cover it to boil faster, over high heat.
- Salt pasta or vegetable water once it boils.
- Add the food, stir, and bring it back to a boil before you start timing.
How you know it's done
A rolling boil keeps bubbling hard even when you stir.
Common mistakes
- Too small a pot, so pasta sticks and the water boils over.
- Timing from when the food went in instead of when it boils again.
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