Macaroni: 6 minutes
Small wagon wheels: 7 minutes
Rotini: 7 minutes
Spaghetti: 10 minutes
Spaghetti is not thicker than the other pastas, but it takes longer to cook and this makes no sense to me. How does this work?
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Let’s just look at the straight pastas.
**Barilla, classic blue box:**
*Angel Hair Spaghetti: 4 minutes (tender, 5 minutes)*
*Thin Spaghetti: 6 minutes (tender, 7 minutes)*
*Spaghetti Rigati (ridged): 6 minutes (tender, 7 minutes)*
*Spaghetti: 9 minutes (tender, 10 minutes)*
*Thick Spaghetti: 11 minutes (tender, 12 minutes)*
*Fettuccine: 12 minutes (tender, 13 minutes)*
You can see that the thicker the pasta, the more cook time required.
For the other shapes, consider that macaroni elbow pasta has hot water contacting both the inside and the outside of the pasta. The coarseness of the flour grind also affects the cooking quality.
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