Is hard pasta overcooked or undercooked?
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If the pasta is hard and crunchy, it's undercooked. Continue cooking it and keep tasting it every 30 seconds. If the pasta is tender, but firm to the bite, it's done (al dente). Strain the pasta and toss it with (or continue cooking it with) your sauce.
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Test for Al Dente Either way, al dente pasta should have a bite to it. To test for al dente, you can start biting into the pasta a minute or two before the package instructions indicate it should be done. When you bite into it, and your teeth feel some resistance, but the pasta is still tender, you've reached al dente.
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Cooking InstructionsTimeFirmness10 MinutesAl Dente11 MinutesFirm12 MinutesTender.
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Al dente (Italian for "to the tooth") is where pasta tastes and feels the best. It's chewy and firm, holding its whole shape in whatever sauce you put it in. And we always finish our pasta by tossing it in a pan of sauce.
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