Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (Authentic Italian, Ready in 10 Mins)

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio is a simple Italian classic, made with 5 basic ingredients and ready in 10 minutes. It’s known to be an Italian’s midnight snack

📝 Ingredients

• 5.5 oz / 160g dried spaghetti pasta
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves - or more if you like it extra garlicky
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes or fresh red chilli (more/less depending on your preferred spice level)
• Handful fresh parsley leaves
• Salt to cook the pasta

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Boil the pasta in a large pot of heavily salted water - only cook the pasta 80% of the way / approx ~ 2 minutes under the package instructions and ensure to reserve some pasta water
2. 2At the same time, thinly slice the garlic cloves and chop up the parsley
3. 3In a cold pan, add the olive oil, sliced garlic and red pepper flakes or fresh chilli. Place it on the stove top over low heat
4. 4When the garlic starts to slowly sizzle, add the parsley. Saute together nice and slow, making sure not to burn the garlic
5. 5Pour a ladle of pasta cooking water to the pan and stir together
6. 6When the pasta is almost cooked but still very al dente, drain and add it straight to the pan with another splash of pasta water - increase to medium heat
7. 7Toss the pasta for 2-3 minutes continuously stirring which will emulsify the sauce and become silky and creamy - adding pasta water slowly if it needs itServe up your delicious Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with optional pangrattato bread crumbs and enjoy!