Abstract: An apparatus for automatically cooking pasta, comprising a basin in which a pasta basket is removably housed, the pasta basket being rotatably supported by a cover adapted to be tightly engaged on a side of the basin, a duct for introducing hot water into the basin, the hot water introducing duct being controlled by a first valve arranged on a delivery side of a first pump drawing water from a boiler, a water recirculation duct connected to the delivery side of the first pump and controlled by a second valve for recirculating water between a kettle and the boiler, a further duct connected to the kettle and controlled by a third valve for supplying preheated water from a heat exchanger to the kettle and the boiler, an accumulating tank for introducing the water existing the basin into the heat exchanger, and a basin recirculating circuit consisting of a second pump and a further heat exchanger.