Simple Weeknight Pasta
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Pasta
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • 2 servings of pasta, cooked until al dente according to package
  • 2 to 3 garlic cloves, or to taste, finely chopped
  • ½ cup of good Parmesan cheese, grated finely
  • ¼ cup of finely chopped parsley
  • 2 Tbsp. of good olive oil
  • 3 tsp. salt
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Add the three teaspoons of salt to a pot of water and bring to a boil. Cook your pasta of choice (wheat, gluten-free, Paleo, etc.) until al dente. Reserve at least half a cup of the pasta water, then drain the pasta.
  2. Finely chop both the garlic and the parsley and grate the Parmesan cheese.
  3. Heat the olive oil in a pan over low heat. Once hot, add the garlic and keep stirring until fragrant, about 10 minutes. The garlic should be cooked, but not browned or burnt.
  4. Take the pan off the heat and add the pasta, cheese, and parsley and mix quickly and thoroughly. Add the salt and pepper to taste (we use a lot of pepper). Add the reserved pasta water to the mix, splashing a little bit in at a time, until the sauce is smooth and silky and the pasta no longer sticks together.
  5. Garnish with a bit more parmesan and any leftover parsley and serve!
Recipe by Flurries of Flour at https://flurriesofflour.com/2017/02/simple-weeknight-pasta/