Way of serving pasta in aluminium dish, for starters, with teen cooking (2,5)
I believe the answer is:
al dente
'way of serving pasta in' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'aluminium dish for starters with teen cooking' is the wordplay.
'aluminium' becomes 'al' (Al is the chemical symbol for aluminium).
'for starters' says to take the initial letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cooking' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked up into a new form).
The initial letter of 'dish' is 'd'.
'teen' with letters rearranged gives 'ente'.
'al'+'d'+'ente'='AL DENTE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for al dente that I've seen before include "(Of pasta) still firm when bitten" , "Of vegetables, still firm to the bite when cooked" , "(Of pasta) firm when eaten" , "(Of cooked food) still firm when bitten" , "Of pasta or vegetables, firm when bitten" .)