Today, I’m sharing with you MY LITTLE SECRET to get a smooth and creamy consistency Tomato Sauce Mantecatura Della Pasta : The act of skillfully combining cooked pasta with a sauce is something we Italians call the 'mantecare' or 'mantecatura'. This literally means to emulsify the starch from the pasta with the oils and flavors in the sauce to Create a smooth, creamy consistency finish that is so Italian!!! If you drain your pasta water through a colander and down the sink, you’re throwing away an invaluable asset that cooks call “liquid gold or even Magic Water” Because pasta is made of flour, it releases starch into the cooking water as it boils, creating a white, cloudy liquid that we often deem “dirty” and then dump down the sink. Big mistake. That’s the liquid gold we’re talking about. Pasta water works its magic in just about every kind of sauce, not just tomato. It can make an Alfredo sauce less greasy, and it can give a silky texture to a pesto.