Gennaro Contaldo demonstrates how to cook pasta 'al dente'.

In this video from Genarro Contaldo, author of Jamie Oliver's Food Tube: The Pasta Book, he demonstrates the correct way to cook pasta al dente, or firm to the bite.

Gennaro reveals exactly how much water and salt to add, and most importantly, exactly how long to cook the pasta for.

The fourth book in the Food Tube collection is a brilliant set of essential pasta recipes, covering ten basics, from Classic spaghetti carbonara to Ragù Bolognese, as well as forty beautiful dishes embracing each season, including Seafood linguine, Summer vegetable ravioli and Pumpkin lasagne. Authored by Jamie's Italian mentor, Gennaro Contaldo, who's been making and cooking pasta for more than 50 years, expect simple, easy-to-follow recipes, using both dried and fresh pasta that you can even learn to make yourself. With beautiful photography and lots of handy tips and suggestions to help you cook pasta to perfection, this book will become your go-to guide for simple Italian suppers.

[pandaguan]

8-year old video, and still the best one to explain "al dente"

All other videos are just too long that I didn't even bother to watch because knew it can just be explained in a minute, just like in this video.

[Chrissanthumum]

I love watching this guy show me how to cook stuff...so much joy in his telling..

[dant]

I love the accents of Italians who live in the UK. Its like 80% Italian and the sounds like just that little bit British. Gino D'Acampo has it too

[thamaragerig]

Why is there paste hanging from the walls?

[abdelghaliabbadi]

Thanxxx big bosss i love all your videos

[andino_usa]

How many minutes again for al dente?

[dpeters]

I literally stick to about 7-8 min. extra al dente and then finish it off cooking in the sauce for about 3-4 min. ofcourse adding little bit of pasta water along the way untill it gets the desired bite.

[TheZachary]

Ok but how do I know when it’s al dente? The video didn’t really explain it very well

[dreamydesignsbyalia]

I can’t get with Al dente for some reason

[KeizerHedorah]

I like to say al dente like I'm some kind of Italian cook over here.

[amit]

Did he say 10 grams of salt for liter? Thats bullshit, its like 9 spoons of salt for 500 grams of pasta, way too much!
Then again he is a famous chef so...

[vprst]

Al dente means "slightly undercooked"? I thought it meant cooked, but still firm to the bite. Don't serve me some undercooked noodles!

[Gringle_]

i dont like my pasta chewey stop trying to shove this DOWN OUR THROAT

[nguyensum]

Remember add a little olive oil when you boild