Today we’re preparing a thick red sauce with country style pork ribs, and we’re setting that over hardy rigatoni noodles.

Pasta absorbs water while it boils, so "if the water is seasoned, the pasta takes on some of that flavor." "If your water tastes like a mouthful of seawater, it’s probably too much," he said.

The sauce and pasta are mixed in a bowl and the hot noodles naturally half-cook the egg. The dish is foolproof. Pancetta is salt-cured pork belly that can be used like a seasoning when chopped finely.