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# Pasta water, properly salted
- URL: https://weiter-food.nichedthemes.com/pasta-water-properly-salted/
- Published: 2026-10-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Description: How salty the water should taste, and why it matters more than the sauce.
- Author: Nora Okafor
- Tags: Starters, Salt, #recipe, #Import 2026-11-11 10:08

- Serves **2**
- Hands-on **12 min**
- Oven **none**
- The skill **Salt**

Pasta water should taste like a pleasant soup. That’s about 10 grams of salt per litre.

## You’ll need

- Spaghetti *200 g*
- Salt *30 g for 3 litres*
- Butter, parmesan *to finish*

## Method

1. Bring 3 litres of water to the boil and add the salt.
2. Taste the water. Add salt until it tastes like soup.
3. Cook the pasta a minute short of the packet time.
4. Finish it in the pan with butter, parmesan and a ladle of the water.