Spaghetti aglio e olio is a quick and simple pasta dish, which means “spaghetti with garlic and oil” in Italian.
Author: Meghalee Das
Recipe type: Side
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 2
Ingredients
Spaghetti or Angel Hair Pasta: ½ pound
Extra virgin olive oil: ¼ cup
Large garlic cloves: 5
Chopped parsley: ¼ cup
Grated parmesan cheese: ½ cup
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Boil water in a large pot and add the pasta with 1 tbsp salt.
While the pasta is cooking, cut the garlic into very thin slices.
Add olive oil in a pan and let the garlic cook in it on low to medium heat for around 5 minutes or till gets light brown. Also add salt and crushed pepper and keep stirring frequently so that the garlic does not burn.
Meanwhile, drain the pasta and keep it aside but retain ½ cup of the pasta water. Pour the water into the pan so that the garlic stops cooking and does not get too brown. Increase the heat and allow the water to almost evaporate.
Pour this oil, garlic and pasta water combo on the spaghetti, add the parsley and parmesan cheese and toss well till the oil gets well-incorporated.
Garnish with a few more parsley leaves and grated parmesan and serve warm.
Recipe by The Saffron Platter at https://thesaffronplatter.com/737-spaghetti-aglio-e-olio.html