This recipe is one of many pasta recipes from Grandma Lucy. I don’t recall ever having it as a kid, but it would have been a favorite for sure if I did. John was going through all of the pasta recipes that have yet to be uploaded when he came across this one last year. He decided to give it a try and has made it a few times since. He made it for us this past week when he was home and we all really liked it. This can be made as an appetizer, or it can be served along with a protein as a main dish. We made seared scallops and shrimp to go with it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb Spaghetti (use imported Italian)
- 1/4 cup Garlic (minced)
- 6 tbsp Olive Oil (extra-virgin)
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
- 3 tbsp Parsley (chopped, fresh)
- to taste Salt
- 3/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese (coarsly grated)
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1:
Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position, set large heatproof serving bowl on the rack and heat the oven to 200 degrees. This bowl will be the bowl you serve the pasta in.
Step 2:
Bring 4 quarts of water to a rolling boil in a large Dutch oven or stockpot. Add the pasta and ½ tsp. table salt to the boiling water. Stir to separate the pasta, cover, and cook until al dente. Reserve 1/3 pasta cooking water and drain pasta.
Step 3:
While the water is heating, combine 3 tbsp oil, 3 tbsp. garlic, and ½ tsp. table salt or sea salt flakes in a heavy-bottomed nonstick 10 inch skillet. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the garlic foams and is sticky (it will start to clump) and straw-colored, 10-12 minutes. Turn off the heat on the burner and add the remaining garlic, red pepper flakes, parsley, lemon juice, and 2 Tbsp. pasta cooking water to the skillet; and stir well to keep garlic from clumping.
Step 4:
Transfer the drained pasta to the warm serving bowl and add the remaining 3 tbsp olive oil, and the remaining reserved pasta cooking water, and toss to coat. Add the garlic mixture and ¾ tsp. table salt or 1 tsp. sea salt to pasta and toss well to combine. Serve immediately, sprinkling individual bowls with Parmesan, if desired.
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