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Mario Batali Pasta Cooking Tip For Your Spaghetti And Wheatballs

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 in Chefs, Food & Drink.

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Mario Batali, the latest celebrity figure to announce he’s embraced Meatless Mondays, has a tip for those who enjoy pasta with pine nuts, seitan “wheatballs,” or just plain tomato sprinkled with nutritional yeast as a substitute for Parmesan Cheese.

Dried pasta is best if you don’t cook it long.

“The trick is cooking two minutes less than the package recommends, (strain before) adding your sauce, then cooking another minute and a half in the sauce,” Batali told the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.

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