Al dente
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In cooking, al dente (Template:IPAc-en, Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Literally[1]) pasta or rice is cooked to be firm to the bite, requiring a brief cooking time.[2][3][4] The term also extends to firmly-cooked vegetables.[5] In contemporary Italian cooking, it is considered to be the ideal consistency for pasta.[6][7]
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For centuries in Italy, the ideal pasta was very soft, and chefs such as the 15th century chef Martino da Como, who recommended cooking pasta for hours to achieve the desired firmness. The resulting pasta's softness influenced how it was served. At the time, the leading physicians of Italy followed Hippocrates and Galen, who maintained Script error: No such module "Lang".. As a result, they recommended pasta be served with dried spices and pepper, as well as cheese,Template:Sfn particularly the dry, aged varieties.Template:Sfn Such a soft pasta was slippery when eaten with the hand, and historian Massimo Montanari credits the pasta's firmness with promoting the uptake of forks in Italy.Template:Sfn
Records of pasta being cooked for shorter lengths and to harder textures arrived in 17th century Naples.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn At first, these were restricted to fresh pasta, and it was not until the mid-19th century in the area that cooks are recorded taking a short cooktime and firm texture for granted for all pastas.Template:Sfn Despite this development, the term Script error: No such module "Lang". remained unused; historians Silvano Serventi and Template:Ill write that before World War I, the term "was unknown".Template:Sfn In the years since as the term has gained prominence, the idea of cooking Script error: No such module "Lang". has entered the Italian national identity.Template:Sfn Internationally, the phrase was spread through restaurants in the second half of the 20th century.Template:Sfn
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