No.

And I do only use minimal water for my psata. Adding starchy pasta water to your sauce aids emulsification. Less water = higher starch concentration = better emulsification.

Posted By: Timmy_Goat on February 21st 2021 at 22:03:24

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Olive oil in the pasta water or not ? (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Feb 21, 18:14:15
- No. (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 21, 22:03:24
- Italians do like a shake of olive oil on the finished dish though. (General Chat) - APB, Feb 21, 19:49:10
  - i had a pasta dish at a poncey restaurant in italy once cooked "al dente" (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 21, 19:53:35
- Italians don’t. I’d go with them. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 21, 19:26:17
  - Don’t tell the signora who taught me Italian cooking in Florence on my gap yah (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 21, 20:38:08
  - What the fuck do they know about cooking pasta FFS !! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 21, 19:35:04
    - the chinese invented pasta FACT (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 21, 19:39:47
      - The Chinese don't use a dash of olive oil (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 21, 19:52:54
- Yes (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 21, 19:22:00
- I thought the answer was no as it stops the sauce sticking to the pasta? (n/m) (General Chat) - 51eve, Feb 21, 18:56:48
  - Exactly this. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 21, 19:28:27
- No point is there? (General Chat) - Huge Small, Feb 21, 18:38:07
- nope, but a shake of salt. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 21, 18:30:09
- probubberly not (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 21, 18:17:35
  - Dread to think what’s in the sewers in Blackpool (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Feb 21, 18:19:01
- No (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 21, 18:15:31
- Yes, just a splash (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 21, 18:15:30

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