Recipe: Yummy Scarlett's pasta or Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic)

Scarlett's pasta or Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic).

You can cook Scarlett's pasta or Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic) using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Scarlett's pasta or Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic)

1. It's of To cook the pasta:.
2. You need 4-5 cups of water (to cook pasta).
3. Prepare 1 tablespoon of salt (any salt of preference to salt pasta water).
4. You need 250 g of pasta.
5. You need of To make the garlic parsley oil sauce:.
6. You need 1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil.
7. Prepare 100 g of soft unsalted butter.
8. You need 5-6 cloves of garlic, finely sliced.
9. It's 1 tablespoon of chilli flakes.
10. You need To taste of salt and pepper.
11. You need 3-4 tablespoons of pasta water (to loosen the pasta).
12. Prepare 1 of lemon, sliced in half.
13. It's 1/2 bag of fresh parsley, roughly chopped (use more or less depending on preference).
14. Prepare of For garnish:.
15. You need 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese, grated (add more or less depending on preference).

Scarlett's pasta or Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (spaghetti with oil and garlic) instructions

1. In a stockpot add water and bring to a boil. Once water is boiling season water with salt. Add pasta to the pot and cook pasta, until al dente or according to the instructions on the packet (8-10 minutes)..
2. In a large pan or wok on medium to low heat, add olive oil and the butter. Let the butter fully melt, and then add the thinly sliced garlic and stir frequently to prevent garlic from burning. Gently cook off the garlic until it is lightly golden brown on the edges, then add in the chilli flakes, season with salt and pepper and stir..
3. Once the pasta has cooked turn off the heat. Add the drained spaghetti directly to the pan (add reserved pasta water if needed). Mix and toss spaghetti until it is thoroughly coated with the garlic oil. Turn off and remove pan from heat. Squeeze half a lemon and mix well together..
4. Turn off the heat and now add the fresh parsley and a generous amount of grated parmesan cheese. Mix well together. Taste to check the flavour and season with salt if necessary. Squeeze in the remaining half a lemon and stir. Taste again and season if needed (add more pepper or salt depending on preference). Stir and mix thoroughly together..
5. Serve with a final garnish grated parmesan. Serve and eat immediately while hot..

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