this In the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021, Italian Giorgio Parisi argued that it is possible to cook pasta with the fire off. consume less energy, a measure that can be useful to save money in the current situation of the energy crisis.
Parisi explains in a message posted on Facebook: After the water starts to boil, you can add the pasta and wait two minutes and turn off the gas. to continue cooking passively.
The scientist from the Sapienza University of Rome calculated that: saves “at least eight minutes of power consumption”.
“The most important thing is to keep the lid open, a lot of heat is lost through evaporation. After boiling the pasta, I set the gas to a minimum so that it boils very little without consuming it. You can also try disabling it as suggested in this post, which is not mine, but by Alessandro Buisi Vici, which I simply republished. Obviously, less gas is consumed this way and the pasta is cooked the same way,” he says.
The debate about how to cook pasta without consuming energy is not new, as a few months ago the Unione Italiana Food association, which represents pasta producers, suggested that closing the lid of the pot during boiling speeds up the cooking process. save “Up to 6% energy and CO2 emissions”.
The association explained that after boiling for two minutes, turning off the fire and leaving the lid open saves up to 47% of energy and CO2 emissions.
“With an average consumption of 23.5 kg of pasta per capita, every Italian will save 44.6 kilowatt hours, 13.2 kilos of CO2 emissions and 69 liters of water per year,” he said.