Categories: Pasta

Ingredients

• 500g/1lb dried spaghetti
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 10 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 tbsp red chilli flakes
• 1/4 cup finely chopped
• parsley
• Salt and pepper
• To Serve
• Freshly grated parmesan

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and add the spaghetti. Cook

2. until just before al dente (ie. slightly undercooked).

3. While the pasta is cooking, place the olive oil and garlic in a pan over

4. medium high heat. Stir until the garlic is golden, but be careful not to

5. burn it.

6. Transfer the pasta straight from the boiling water into the pan. Don’t

7. worry that the pasta isn’t drained, you want the dripping water in the

8. sauce to emulsify.

9. Add about 1/3 cup of the pasta water into the pan with the pasta and

10. sauce, and toss the pasta gently. This will finish cooking the pasta and

11. the water and oil will emulsify, thickening and coating the pasta,

12. making it look gloriously glossy.

13. Toss through parsley and chili flakes, season to taste with salt and

14. pepper. Serve with freshly grated parmesan.

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