/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I’m not sure anon, just make more sauce desu

Are you using a henweigh?

Because you're mixing pasta into the sauce and essentially diluting it. That's why sauce on top of pasta is the superior method.

>>19856345
literally the american government has been doing research on this, not well funded but still. look up obama before he became a president/politician

>>19856345
Actually salt your pasta water.

>>19856435
I MSG mine.

>>19856345
>why does this happen
You didn't use enough salt and other seasonings in the sauce. You can't season the sauce so it tastes perfect on its own, because you aren't eating it on its own, you have to season it much more heavily so that when it's diluted by the pasta it all works out.

>>19856401
What’s a henweigh?
I usually just use a piecost.

also i don't know if this is in my head but it seems to happen more severely with spaghetti, if I make penne or bowties for example it doesn't feel like it becomes as mediocre. not sure if this is actually real though

>>19856405
I will try sauce on top next time thanks
>>19856435
i used a good amount of salt in the water though
>>19856460
so the recipe i used is just bad then? i admit it was just a rando website off google i found when i looked for a simple one.
i'll use double the amount of spices next time and it should come out better hopefully

>>19856345
You're a pedophile

>>19856484
About 2-3 pounds

>>19856345
More sauce to your pasta or more salt to your sauce or more salt to your pasta water.

fix'd.

>>19856509
are you saving some of the pasta water and adding it to the sauce when you combine it with the pasta?

>>19858192
yes

>>19856345
the pasta water is fucking it up.

>>19856509
>also i don't know if this is in my head but it seems to happen more severely with spaghetti, if I make penne or bowties for example it doesn't feel like it becomes as mediocre. not sure if this is actually real though
Pairing sauce and pasta is a real and noticeable thing.
Spaghetti is typically paired with a relatively thick meat sauce or squash sauce. Feel free to experiment with thinner or thicker noodles.

>>19858192
are you retarded? the sauce tastes like shit once the pasta is added is because theres pasta water. either drain the pasta or double the flavors in the sauce.

Saved pasta water is strictly for combining servings of pasta and sauce in a hot pan, assuming you rinsed your pasta when (or after) you drained it.
If you didn't rinse your pasta then there's no reason to reconstitute it with pasta water. It's already starchy. That's why it's going to stick and clump in the strainer if you leave it alone for some time.
Likewise, if you're not combining your pasta and sauce in a hot pan, there's also no reason to reconstitute the pasta. The process needs heat. Combining all three in a bowl would merely water down the sauce.

>>19856345
NAKADASHI
NAGATORO

>>19856345
Unironically just add more salt

>>19856345
needs cheese

>>19856345
you're tasting the sauce by itself, so when you mix the pasta in its diluted and underseasoned. everytihng about it should be too strong, e.g. spices, acid, salt, so when the pasta mixes in it's just right
also nagadashi

>>19858028
this is the reason all your cooking is shit

>>19858164
Don't be a bitch anon, ask him what a pie costs. It's no fair avoiding his joke and still delivering yours.

can't taste what you cook. you've spent so much time smelling and tasting while you've been cooking, you've become desensitised to it.
>the pasta dilutes the sauce.
absolute drivel.
take a break from the kitchen, let your sauce mature for a moment, and refresh your senses.

>>19856345
because pasta dilutes the awesome sauce flavor. remove the pasta, just dip the sauce with fresh bread.

drain the pasta correctly before adding it to the sauce.

Also if you're going to add the sauce and pasta together make sure you haven't overcooked the pasta, it should be al dente.

>>19856509
>i used a good amount of salt in the water though
Do you actually though? Needs a fuck ton of salt. It should taste like sea water.

>>19860313
i used about a tablespoon in 2 quarts. I read this small article on cooking pasta in less water and it said that this dude kenji whatever says you should use less salt in the water because it's not gonna penetrate anyway or something
https://thought4food.life/kenjis-new-way-to-cook-pasta/

>>19856345
Did you hit your wet noodles with a pourover, or did you toss the noodles right in the pan with the sauce to combine it there?
Did you even use good reggiano or fresh herbs on top?

>>19856345
is your pasta water salted?

>>19860345
Kenji is the child of educated parents, but he is a hack, not a scientist himself. Keep that in mind when you place him on a pedestal. He's just making a buck, keeping himself in the game.

Damn nigga you can't even make spaghetti??

>>19860504
Not him, but please don't call people niggers on forums. It's very discriminatory and insulting.

>>19860548
based nigger defender

>>19860602
No. I don't like them at all... I just think it's derogatory and rude.

>>19860548
Shut up nigger.

>>19860548
how many nigger dicks can you suck in one day, nigger?

>>19856345
Tips for combining pasta + sauce:
1. Sauce should be thicker and slightly stronger than end product
2. Salt your pasta water
3. Cook for 1-2 min less than pasta directions
4. Pasta + some pasta water (just like .25 - .5 cup depending on serving size) into pan
5. Sauce goes in with pasta
6. Combine sauce and pasta and pasta water
7. Cook for last few min, or until thickness of sauce reached (you want to hit pasta cook time here for peak al dente though)
8. Pasta + sauce gets plated.

Wa la.

Easy fix, OP - finish the pasta IN the sauce. Boil it till it's almost to your liking, then transfer it into the sauce and let it finish like that. This way not only does the noodle soak up more of the sauce, but your final taste tests will be 100% accurate and you can adjust it knowing that it's already the finished product.

But if I had to hazard a guess, your sauces aren't strong enough. If anything you want your sauce to be a little TOO much when tasted by itself, aka a bit too strong a bit too salty and whatnot, because when you spread it over pasta it's not going to taste as strong as it does on it's own.

>>19856345
getting bullied by Nagatoro!
following Nagatoro home!
non consensual sex with Nagatoro!
penetrating Nagatoro!
having your cock milked fiercely by Nagatoro's futile squirming to escape!
cumming inside Nagatoro!
comforting Nagatoro when she tells you she doesn't want to carry your baby!
telling Nagatoro that everything is going to be okay!
caressing Nagatoro's face and neck!
tightening your grip on Nagatoro!
strangling Nagatoro!
watching Nagatoro's face turn red!
getting aroused by Nagatoro again!
penetrating Nagatoro again!
watching Nagatoro's face turn purple!
getting punched by Nagatoro!
watching Nagatoro's face turn blue!
Nagatoro isn't punching you anymore!
watching Nagatoro's face turn gray!
cumming inside Nagatoro!
putting Nagatoro's limp body into a quadruple layer garbage bag!
cutting Nagatoro's body into pieces!
pouring quick set concrete into Nagatoro's bag!
masturbating one last time using Nagatoro's head as an onahole!
stop because you're having trouble cumming!
putting Nagatoro's head into the bag and tying it shut!
driving out to the countryside!
dumping Nagatoro's bag in the lake!
being seen while watching Nagatoro's friends from afar!
getting bullied by Gamo-chan!

>>19860694
based pragmatic racist

>>19856345
>why does this happen when I make pasta & sauce /ck?
Maybe you're retarded? Maybe you somehow created two flavours that cencel each other out? Maybe I could fap to Nagatoro but her personality is just too shit?
Try making lasagna.