I don’t know when this became my go to comfort dish, because I definitely didn’t grow up eating it, but somewhere along the way I started craving this. It scratches the comfort itch. Big time.
Garlicy Buttery Cheesy Pasta
It is so simple. Boil water and cook pasta according to package. There are 2 tricks to cooking pasta well—use an insane amount of salted water (biggest pot you have filled up the whole way) and use a kitchen timer to time the cooking time. I chose linguini tonight and on the front of the package it says “cooks in 9-10 minutes”. So I set a timer for 9 minutes and drained immediately when it rang.
Anyway, to the sauce…
- Garlic (as many cloves as you can handle. I like mine super garlicy and tonight I used 4 cloves)
- Butter
- Olive oil
- Red pepper flakes
- Parmesan cheese
Sautee the chopped garlic in olive oil for 3 minutes. Then add 2 T butter (comfort food is rarely healthy) and red pepper flakes.
When the pasta is ready, drain and put into the pan with another T of butter.
Toss the pasta with 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese. Finish with freshly ground black pepper and (my favorite) freshly ground nutmeg.
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