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Hint: you need a lot more salt than you might think. A common comparison is that your boiling water should "taste like the sea" before adding pasta, which means about one tablespoon per litre of water. This step is crucial to flavouring the pasta and the starchy pasta water for sauce.
Get the tip: salt-to-water ratio for pasta