Spaghetti Aglio E Olio

🥘 Ingredients

• chili pepper
  1 small
• garlic
  2 Tbsp
• olive oil
  5 Tbsp
• parsley
  2 Tbsp
• spaghettoni
  8 oz

🍳 Cookware

• shallow dish
• saucepan

1. 1

   In a shallow dish (like a frying pan) add the spaghettoni and barely cover the pasta. You want the pasta water to have as much starch as possible.

   spaghettoni: 8 oz
2. 2

   In a saucepan , heat the olive oil and the parsley stem and add some pasta water. Add the chili pepper , garlic , and maybe a little more pasta water. The perfect formula is about 1 part olive oil for two part pasta water. Cook and mix well to create an emulsion.

   olive oil: 5 Tbsp, parsley: 2 Tbsp, chili pepper: 1 small, garlic: 2 Tbsp
3. 3

   Add the cooked pasta and mix vigorously to keep that emulsion with the pasta. You can always add a little more olive oil if you wish. Add the chopped parsley at the last minute.
4. 4

   Traditionally this dish is NOT served with cheese but as long as you do not have Italian at the dinner table, Bon Appetito 😊!!!