Recipe by Silvia Baldini — Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino is what Italians cook after a night out and it's a must when a bit of late night sustenance is required. It's astonishingly full of flavor and it takes literally 10 minutes or less to fix, plus it will cure any incumbent hangover. Every one I know makes a variation of this staple dish, I personally take the garlic out after I infuse it with the oil and chili flakes and I always discard it. Most italian, contrary to what you might have heard, don't like to bite in to a large piece of garlic. Plus if you are back from a night out you might be sharing this pasta dish with someone of importance and you might not have a tooth brush handy.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 8 people | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 8/10 minutes |
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Recipe by Silvia Baldini — Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino is what Italians cook after a night out and it's a must when a bit of late night sustenance is required. It's astonishingly full of flavor and it takes literally 10 minutes or less to fix, plus it will cure any incumbent hangover. Every one I know makes a variation of this staple dish, I personally take the garlic out after I infuse it with the oil and chili flakes and I always discard it. Most italian, contrary to what you might have heard, don't like to bite in to a large piece of garlic. Plus if you are back from a night out you might be sharing this pasta dish with someone of importance and you might not have a tooth brush handy.
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Ingredients
- 1 box spaghetti
- 3 large peeled garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed hot chili flakes add more chili flakes for extra heat
- 3 tablespoons flat italian parsley chopped
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sea salt for boiling water
Servings: people
Instructions
- Bring water to the boil in a large pot, add sea salt and cook spaghetti al dente, according to packaging instruction.
- Meanwhile heat the oil in a pan over medium heat and sauté peeled garlic cloves and chopped hot red pepper. Cook until the garlic is golden. Make sure not to burn the garlic. Set aside and let the oil infuse.
- Drain the pasta, remove the garlic cloves from the oil and toss the pasta with the oil and red chili flakes then add the chopped parsley and the parmesan.
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