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I didn't try the soaking method, but I did try the turning it off halfway method. The texture of the pasta is slightly different, but barely noticeable, unless you're using really high-quality pasta from higher-protein durum wheat (the one used the most in Italy). In that case it does turn a bit gummy.
If you're using regular-ass pasta made from red or winter wheat, which is the pasta you get in 99% of the world (unless you're importing or getting it from a high-quality brand), there's virtually no difference, in my very limited experimentation.
Mormon teens are experts in the soaking technique
gross
They were talking about soaking noodles, I couldn't resist
Ayoooo
Remember to wash off the rehydration water cuz that's where the anti-nutritive chemicals go
If you crack spaghetti in half to make it fit into the pot using this method then you do go to Italian hell 👌👉✌️👍
Italians that get mad at breaking pasta are pretty petty, but I don't break it because i love looong pasta. It's more fun.
I've never seen any pasta not claiming to be made from durum wheat? Is this really common in other countries?
I just tried the turning off method and it worked great on my electric smoothtop! Brought the water to a boil, put in my pasta, left in on for three minutes, and then covered for the remaining seven minutes. It did boil over a bit after covering, but that's on me for setting too high a temperature after adding the pasta. Still came out perfectly al dente! Now, this was with Mueller's, which is an American brand that I find significantly better than the standard US-produced Barilla even though it's a bit cheaper (highly recommend giving it a shot!), but I wouldn't call it fancy--will be interesting to try it with De Cecco and see if I encounter the gumminess you mentioned.