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My neighbor's trick with leftover pasta water totally changed how I sauce things
Last Tuesday my neighbor Maria from down the hall saw me draining spaghetti into the sink and looked horrified. She said she always keeps a mug of that starchy water to stir into the sauce, makes it cling better and stretch further. I tried it that night with my jarred marinara and a half pound of ground beef, honestly saved me from adding a whole extra jar. Anyone else got a cheap pasta trick that makes a meal go further?
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parkerh3812d ago
My grandma used to do the same thing but with the water from boiling potatoes, weirdly enough. She'd mash a couple taters right into the sauce to thicken it up and sneak in some extra bulk without anyone noticing. My mom tried it once with instant mash flakes and it turned into this gluey paste situation, so real ones only I guess. That starchy water move sounds way easier though, gonna steal it next time I make rigatoni.
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