How to use Store-bought Pasta Sauce at Its Best [Cooking Class Series]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video we show you how to choose the pasta sauce and how to use it for a result that is as close as possible to an Italian home made pasta sauce.
Apply the tips in this video and you can prepare pasta dishes that your family and friends will love!
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I made this video for my friend Jeff, who was wondering how to use a jar of pesto sauce I gave him 😀 And you, what tips do you have to get the best out of store-bought pasta sauces?
you out here saving a college student!
🙃🙂nice to hear that!
I was about to skip the video when you said to break the spaghetti. Nice that I followed.
As somebody who just wants to keep it simple, I appreciate the guide at the beginning!
I wish people made how-to videos (and no-nos) like this video for other world cuisines. Much appreciated on covering the basics, ma’am.
I have somehow gleaned a lot of this knowledge over the years, but watching you make it made me smile, because it showed me I'm doing something right.
The biggest game changer for me has to be using DeCecco or other bronze-cut pasta. Fancy, Double O pastas can be very pricey, but DeCecco is relatively inexpensive. Maybe $2-3 a pound? The flavor and the way it mixes with the sauce are unparalleled. Also, I check my fridge to see if I have anything good to add to the sauce, like fresh garlic, onion, herbs, spices, vegetables, etc. (Cook them in a little olive oil then add the jarred sauce to them.)
Next I have to make a massive pot of Mama's sauce, and quit store-bought sauce altogether.
This realy saved my spaghetti because I didn't know how to use cold sauce thanks so much❤️
Cant believe the differences this made to the taste of jarred spaghetti sauce. The tips and tricks here is so easy to follow 😊 thank you!
Cara segnora Allegra, thank you so much for your effort! After seeing the video I was able to make some decent pasta bolognese, finally. Please keep up the good work. Kisses from Romania!
Nice and simple, my pasta turned out nicely with this instruction!
no offense but the moment she broke the spaghetti in the beginning, many might have closed this video without knowing that it was a joke
I'm glad you didn't close this video before!
😉
@@ToniAllegra ya I'm glad too
I’m a haitian American .. here I am surfing to find just a nice small spaghetti recipe and that’s literally the first thing I seen her breaking the noddles and I was immediately speechless! lmaooo! I really was going to click off lol
Everyone knows this is a big no no! Glad to know it was just a joke!
Agree
Glad didn't close it
My bck bone
Haha you got me there in the beginning; I was like “Noo” but obv knew when it was a joke & your full video is super well made! Grazie mille :3
AMAZING VIDEO!! Exactly what I needed.
It looks so tasty!
Such a perfect and practical video! 🤍
So nice to see you are back on TH-cam :) The pasta looks delicious :)
Ciao! Sono contenta che mi hai scritto!
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0:06 I was shocked 😂😂
So good to see your video again
Great video, and might I add, you look like such a kind and genuine person😅😁
Looks amazing!
you almost had me choking in the intro, thank goodness i saw it was just the intro!!!
Ur amazing
Thank you for teaching me miss ❤
I always found it was more difficult to try and finish cooking the pasta once it was in the pan.. Just get it out a minute before and drop it in the sauce with a little bit of starchy water..it will still finish cooking, and the starchy water will still make the sauce creamier, but the sauce won't get watery.. which is something might happen if you add too much water. After all, it takes longer for the water to evaporate than it takes for the pasta to finish cooking..
Does dropping with starchy water mean no no extra bowl with water?
@@hugolachs6620 Yeah. The goal is to cook the pasta in the sauce for the last 5%, while in the video you have to cook the pasta at least 30% of the way in the pan. It works the same, but it's just extra steps in my opinion.
Iam a beginner you helped me a lot thanks!
I genuinely was so upset when the spaghetti was broken.... Then I headed on to the comments section to see what people where saying abou that then i saw that it was a joke. You got me there 😂
thanks for the video. these tips help me a lot :-)
You had me in the first half. 😅 Thank you for the video
Thank you!
I was gonna stop watching the video when I saw her break the spaghetti....then I heard her accent and stayed
Thank youu!!
Absolutely brilliant tip! Tante grazie!
can i use cream cheese instead
Thank u ❤
I was today years old when I learned to cook spaghetti!
Great video!
I'm new in cooking ,How long should I stir the sauce.
And another thing why Italians consider it offensive to break the spaghetti.
I know it's not Italian, but what's your opinion on Classico sauce? It's what my family always used, and I'm only three generations removed from actual Italians so I've just kind of assumed that it was high quality, but now I'm not so sure.
thanks for sharing these tips! can we know why we cant add fish based dishes(4.04) ? thanks
Italians never add cheese in fish dishes 😊
Great video thank you!
How long do we have to cook the pasta sauce before we add the pasta into the sauce?
Ciao !
If you buy a ready-made sauce, you just need to warm up it.
You don't have to cook it but you just have to keep it hot and ready to add the pasta.
So after you have lowered the pasta into the water, put the sauce in a pan and start it over medium heat when the pasta is ready, raise the heat and pour the pasta inside. If you see that the sauce dries up don't worry it will be better because it is concentrated (maybe just help the sauce whit a little cooking pasta water) but be careful not to burn it!
I don't care what looks better, what tastes better is the one for me.
Amazing
Pretty nice
Thank you for the tips ^^ ★
Do we add salt in the water?
Yeah
When you put the sauce in the pan, you don't add water then cook it on high until it becomes thick? If I didn't add the water it won't be enough sauce.
Great
What about the meat? When and where should I add the chicken or beef?
Cook the meat and drain the grease then pour the sauce over the meat. You are just heating the sauce up till its warm. Then continue with pasta and a bit of pasta water.
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I almost clicked off the video within the first 10 seconds, I can't believe you broke the spaghetti
Can I do this with penne pasta
It's wishful thinking, but it would be nice if it was that easy to just get all the available kinds of sauce and them being good.
In my experience the Barilla tomato sauces are good enough, but only the ones which are just tomato or some extra vegetables. Those with added cheese or meat ate not good at all. The pesto sauces are ok but not great and completely avoid any cream/mushroom store bought sauce.
But if you just have a tomato sauce, it can very easily and quickly be made into a great dish with just some spices and easy extra ingredients
thank you Italian aunty ji
That pasta break at the beginning was to trigger folks right?? 😂
Barilla used to be really great. I can't believe that they changed and IMHO is not that good anymore.😢
Almost had me in the first half 😅
How high should the heat be when heating the pasta sauce and how long should you heat it for?
Just bring the sauce to the boiling point at any temperature of the stove. Then you can turn off the stove until the pasta is cooked. Turn it on again before putting the pasta in. I hope this helps
I almost fainted when i saw that pasta snap
Subscribeda for dee akcento
I'm no italian but the first 20 seconds triggered me on a whole different level😄
I was waiting for your new video :-)
New videos are coming soon, in my new kitchen! :)
🤩
Did you move?
Or renovated?
As soon as I seen her break the spaghetti my jaw dropped
Closed the video after the breaking of the spaghetti and don’t add oil because the sauce won’t stay on the pasta
Yeah…she covered that. You must have the attention span of a goldfish. 😂
Had me in the beginning
Break What?😱
breaking spaghetti like that is a crime
Thank you! I made in a wrong way😂.
What a joke that a lot of people wanna stop watching bc someone breaks pasta. Why the heck does it matter what someone does with their own pasta.
Wait a frickin minute 😳 did u just break the pasta :o
wwwwhhhhhyyyyyyyyy break spaghetti
we talkuh aboutuh pawsta sawce-uh lol
oh nouhhhh COLANDER again haiyaa
Did she really fkin break the noodles in half!?!?!!
EDIT: She did that for effect (phew!)
Ehehe. Glad you did not click off immediately 🤣
I'm fairly certain you made thousands of Nonas turn in their graves by calling them noodles lmao.
What?
NEVER break spaghetti 🤦
I break it cause am poor 🤦🏾♀️
@@miamor4058 what does breaking pasta have to do with money?
@@thanos1532 when we break pasta it shares for more people. Without having to multiple packs
@@miamor4058
You don't magically get more spaghetti by breaking it, so you didn't really answer the earlier question 😂
@@TheMathias95 no I know you don't magically get more spaghetti.
Basically think of it this way.
One pack of spaghetti could share for 2 people, when you break it even thou the pasta string is shorter you double the serving to 4. That's what mean. Just like how you share something between to people you break it or share it. The serving becomes but it now can share betweeore people 🙂
that serving size should be enough to feed exactly 1/6 of a human
She break the pasta, she use the cheap bad quality pasta, she use the store bought sauce... she kill the spaghetti.
Was about to exit video until I heard the accent. Knew its gone be good.
Adopt me please italia mama
Oh Mamma Mia! I'm so happy this was just a joke but if people wanna know how to make pasta here it goes...
Never put oil in the boiling water, never break your pasta.
Use salt in your boiling water, wait for your pasta to be (Al dente) then put in your pasta sauce, the tomato sauce is hopefully homemade from a Nonnas garden...if not use the (Nutti pasta sauce) or (Raos) sauce...or Cento sauce.
Please use a jar cup to dip into the hot boiling water...to save in the side to use very small portions on to the pasta to help cook the rest of the pasta in the pasta sauce, never use sink fossit water ... you'll kill the cooking. Use the hot pasta boiling water you used for the spaghetti pasta. Have a jar with that pasta water in it.
Then have some fresh basil and break them with your hands to put into the pasta, and a little bit of salt, then turn off your stove fire after cooking Then put tiny bit of peperoncino aka red pepper flakes....then some extra virgin olive oil.
Then put Pecorino cheese or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.
My heart hurt when she put oil in the boiling water and she broke the pasta...my can feel my Nonna from the afterlife cry.... blasphemy.
And have fresh Basil and use Parmigiano Reggiano OR Pecorino cheese...fresh.
I am an Italian/Mexican from Sicily...I panic when I see some AMERICANS desecrate Pasta.
But watching this video through I realized this lady was joking and And My nerves calmed down...my eyes popped out when she broke the pastA and she but oil in the water😂😂😂
No disrespect but this is the most beautiful woman i have ever seen in my ENTIRE life.
Im American and you breaking the pasta pissed me off
It’s more like cook urself and rate urself lol
Closes video as soon as she broke the video. Rubbish!
Offensive video.. next!
Can you please tell us who is the singer of the song right at the beginning of the video?
that pasta break just discredits everything this women does after💀
She didn't break it are u okay bro
NEVER break spaghetti 🤦
She didn't
@@anngee2189 🤣 I'm honest I stopped the video at the "crack" at the beginning. Maybe better to inform users in advance ;)
Nice video anyway (after the "crack" 😉)
He he he I used to do so till IT friend told me
Watch me
@@nette49because it's wrong