You can actually really turn off the stove after the water starts boiling again. As long as you of course keep the lit on. That's how I have been doing it for a

You can actually really turn off the stove after the water starts boiling again. As long as you of course keep the lit on. That's how I have been doing it for a while, no dramatic difference in the end result (and yeah I am Italian, so I tend to complain about the details in food related matters).