Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Unknown Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Rice Pasta No comments

This is a spaghetti with garlic (Aglio), olive oil (olio) and chili flakes recipe. It's an authentic Italian dish. The KEY to a good Aglio Olio is slowly toasting the garlic slices to a perfect golden brown in the olive oil. It's absolutely my family all time favourite comfort food!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Extra Virgin Oil
5 cloves Garlic ( sliced )
2 tablespoon Freshly chopped parsley
Pinch of hot pepper flakes (or more according to taste)
400g Spaghetti

Method:

Fill a large pot of water, add 1 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil and add the spaghetti. Cook according to package instructions, about 10 minutes. Drain when "al dente". At the meantime work on the sauce.
In a pan, add the cold oil and fresh garlic together. ( this is to make sure the garlic flavour is infuse into the olive oil as much as possible.). Turn the heat on low and cook for about 5 minutes or until the garlic is lightly brown. Then add the hot pepper flakes. Cook for about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Drain the pasta and put it back into the pot. Pour in the oil mixture,the chopped parsely and some freshly ground black pepper. Toss everything together so that the garlic oil coats every strand of the spaghetti. Place it on a serving plate and serve warm.

To cook spaghetti:

Fill a large pot with water. Add a generous amount of salt into the water.

Bring to a boil.

Add the spaghetti. Cook according to package instructions, about 10 minutes.

Drain when "al dente". Put the cooked spaghetti into a casserole.

At the meantime, work on the sauce:

Prepare ingredients needed for the sauce.

In a pan add the COLD olive oil.

Then immediately add the fresh sliced garlic. Make sure the cold olive oil and fresh garlic are added TOGETHER. ( This will ensure the garlic flavour to be infused into the olive oil ).