LifestyleSave on bills: Nigella Lawson reveals pasta cooking hack

Save on bills: Nigella Lawson reveals pasta cooking hack

A trick while cooking pasta. You'll save on electricity / illustrative photo
A trick while cooking pasta. You'll save on electricity / illustrative photo
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Aleksandra Lewandowska

28 May 2024 17:04

When electricity and gas bills rise, it's worth knowing some tricks to reduce them. You'll just need to know how to cook pasta using Nigella Lawson's method cleverly. You don't need to keep the burner on for ten minutes.

Cooking pasta seems to be one of the simplest tasks. You just need to boil water, throw in the pasta, and wait as long as it says on the package. However, this way, we won't save on electricity or gas, whose prices are still rising. So how can we do it? How can we reduce the bills? You need to know this trick.

This is how you lower your electricity and gas bills

Famous chef Nigella Lawson shared on her website a clever trick for cooking pasta that saves on bills. As it turns out, you don't need to cook it for ten minutes.

Lawson calls this trick the "Vincenzo Agnesi method" or the "passive cooking method." As she explains, you need to bring a pot of water to a boil, and after throwing in the pasta, cook it for only two minutes. Then, turn off the stove or cooktop, cover the pot with a lid, and leave the pasta until it's cooked. This way, not only will we save, but we will also reduce the risk of overcooking the pasta.

Boil water this way

If we want to save even more on bills, it's worth knowing how to boil water. When we want hot tea, most fill the kettle to its maximum capacity. However, this is a huge mistake that costs us a lot of money.

One TikToker shared a clever way on her profile. She said to:

Take a cup or glass and pour in as much water as you need. With constantly rising electricity bills, this way you will save a lot of money.

So, everything is based on measuring the water we need and boiling only a specific amount.

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