When to add salt to cooking water?
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cooking-ez.com July 25th 2017142K4.1
Times:
Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
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2 min. | 10 min. | 12 min. |
Step by step recipe
1 | 1 litre of water is put in a pan and 1 tbs coarse salt is added. | ![When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25 When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25](/images/recettes/legendes/geste/292-1.webp) |
2 | The water temperature is measured in the same way, every minute, until it boils. | ![When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25 When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25](/images/recettes/legendes/geste/292-0.webp) |
3 | Let's compare times and temperatures in this diagram: the unsalted water in green, the salted water in red. | ![When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25 When to add salt to cooking water? : etape 25](/images/recettes/legendes/geste/292-2.webp) |
Remarks
At the start of heating, the temperature of the salted water rises more slowly: after 3 minutes 30 seconds the unsalted water is already at 040°C (100°F), while salted water is still at 025°C (80°F).
But then the two catch up and they take the same time to reach 100°C (210°F).
Another point: it seems, but I'm not really adamant about it, that salted water starts to boil at a lower temperature than unsalted, i.e. around 90°C (190°F) rather than 100°C (210°F).
September 1st 2024.
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