Spaghetti Aglio e Olio - Italian Recipe

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

🌍 Italian, Naples/National Difficulty: ●●●○○

Midnight pasta in Naples — nothing in it but garlic, oil, chilli, and parsley. The garlic slices must turn pale gold, never brown. The cooking water added to the pan creates the sauce by emulsifying with the oil. Speed matters here; the pasta cannot wait.

Ingredients

• 400g spaghetti
• 6 cloves garlic, sliced thin
• 100ml olive oil
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• Fresh parsley

Method

1. Cooking — Cook pasta; reserve 200ml water.
2. Step 2 — Gently fry garlic in oil until just golden; add chilli.
3. Tossing — Toss pasta with oil, garlic, pasta water. Garnish with parsley.

Tags: spaghetti, garlic, olive oil, chilli flakes, parsley · Source: Brittani's Almanac