Instructions

• Step 1: Heat sauce Heat the sauce in a saucepan over medium-low heat while the pasta is cooking.
• Step 2: Remove pasta from water Remove the pasta from the hot water with a skimmer – a flat, slotted utensil – once it has finished cooking. Reserve the water for later.
• Step 3: Add pasta to sauce Add the pasta to the sauce and mix. Heat the pasta and sauce together for one minute.
• TIP: Don't "oversauce" your pasta – use just enough to coat the noodles evenly.
• Step 4: Add starchy water Add half a ladle of the starchy water to the saucepan and mix. Starch water gives your sauce a good consistency and keeps your pasta moist.
• Step 5: Add fat Turn off the heat and add a small scoop of butter and a dash of olive oil and mix.
• Step 6: Add cheese Grate a handful of parmesan cheese and mix it through the pasta.
• Step 7: Add herbs Mix in basil or parsley just before serving. Ring the dinner bell quickly so everyone can enjoy your creation while it's hot.
• FACT: The Chinese cooked with pasta as early as 5,000 B.C.

You Will Need

• A saucepan
• Sauce
• Pasta
• A skimmer
• A ladle
• Butter
• Olive oil
• Grated parmesan cheese
• Fresh basil or parsley