All you need to know about choosing between and cooking with fresh and dry pasta.
While there are different types of fresh pasta, the packages for sale in the refrigerated section are typically egg pasta. Dry pasta can also contain eggs, but it is more often made from onlychef Nicholas Stefanelli said
One of the biggest differences between the two comes down to cooking time. Fresh pasta takes between 1 and 3 minutes, Stefanelli said, whereas dry pasta can take as long as 15 minutes depending on the size and shape. Regardless of the variety, Stefanelli urges cooks to finish cooking pasta in whatever sauce they’ve paired it with for the last 1 to 2 minutes “so that starch and the liquid are able to come together and really emulsify and become one.