Sentence examples for reserve a cup from inspiring English sources

4. Reserve a cup of béchamel.

Reserve a cup of cooking water, then drain the pasta.

Reserve about a cup of water before draining pasta.

Reserve about a cup in a small bowl.

When pasta is tender but not mushy, remove and drain it, reserving about a cup of its cooking liquid.

When it is al dente, add the asparagus and fava beans so they heat through and drain, reserving half a cup of the cooking water in the pot.

When pasta is just about done -- it should be two or three minutes short of the way you like it -- drain it, reserving about a cup of cooking liquid.

When the pasta's tender but not mushy, drain it, reserving about a cup of cooking water, then add the pasta to the skillet and toss, pouring in enough of the reserved water to cook both the pasta and the vegetables through.

2. Preheat oven to 400° F. 3. Cook pasta in salted water* until al dente (about 3 minutes less than package directions call for) reserving half a cup of the pasta water.

Drain, reserving a half cup pasta cooking water.

"You don't get many chances, especially if you're a reserve, to play in a cup final.