Italian Scientists Have Uncovered The Surprisingly Simple Trick To Perfect Pasta Sauce

Hailey Tong on Unsplash" />A bowl of tagliatelle raguWhen it comes to perfecting a simple pasta sauce, we all have our own tricks and tips. For me, I can recommend throwing in a little cream cheese to round off a tangy sauce and add a little thickness.However, we do also know just how quickly this can get out of hand. Our smooth, delicious pasta sauce can suddenly become lumpy, leaving us with a very unappetising dish and wondering what exactly went wrong.Now, to save us from experiencing this again, scientists have discovered exactly how to perfect pasta sauces and honestly? It’s really simple.How to perfect pasta sauce, according to scienceItalian researchers working abroad at the University of Barcelona in Spain, the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Germany, the University of Padova in Italy and the Institute of Science and Technology in Austria, collaborated on a study to get to the bottom of this culinary headache.Study author Dr Daniel Busiello, of the Max Planck Institute, told BBC Science Focus that, when cheese is heated, its proteins “change their configuration” and stick together.“However, the starch mitigates this effect by binding to the cheese proteins, reducing their direct interactions and, consequently, their aggregation,” he explained.So, what is the perfect amount of starch?The team found that the ideal amount of starch for cacio e pepe – which they believe can apply to other pasta dishes that require pasta water and cheese sauce – is around 2-3%.The authors advise adding a measured amount of potato or cornflour starch to water, rather than adding your pasta water directly to the pan.For the perfect creamy pasta sauce, they recommend mixing water with starch, blending this water with cheese, adding it all to a pan to heat slowly before adding pasta and black pepper.Busiello added: “Of course, we tested our method with more than two kilograms of pasta, and all the guests enjoyed it!”Related...So THAT's Why Restaurant Pasta Sauce Is So Much BetterThe Unexpected Secret Ingredient Italians Add For Perfect Pasta SauceI Tried Nigella Lawson's 15-Minute Lemon Tuna Pasta, And It's The Perfect Weekday Dinner

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