The Completely Addictive Method of Making Pasta Sauce

The first rule of making pasta is that you must salt the pasta water! This is crucial for the quick pasta sauce we're talking about, because you'll end up saving some of the pasta water and you want it to be seasoned. Many chefs claim the water should taste like the sea, which means the proper salt to water ratio for pasta is higher than you might think: one tablespoon of salt per four cups of water.