In cooking, pasta or risotto described as al dente is cooked to be firm to the bite, meaning it requires a relatively brief cooking time. The term is also applied to firmly cooked vegetables, and in contemporary Italian cooking al dente is considered the ideal texture for pasta. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikipedia 'Al dente' 2026-09-27: 'Records of pasta being cooked for a shorter time start in 17th century Naples.'View the Source Al dente (Wikipedia)
History section, 17th century NaplesQuote, History section, 17th century Naples
Records of pasta being cooked for a shorter time start in 17th century Naples.
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