Spaghetti with olive oil and mizithra cheese

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 500 grams spaghetti
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 4 tbsp heaping mizithra cheese (See notes)

Instructions

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   boil: Add salt to a large pot of water and bring to a boil. Once water is boiling, add your spaghetti. We have been taught to break the spaghetti in half prior to cooking it, but of course you don’t have to. Reduce heat to a low boil and cook the pasta as directed on the packaging, but truly, it is ready when you (or your child) says that it is.

2. 2

   Drain your pasta and once fully drained, return it to the pot it boiled in.

3. 3

   dry: Take a few strands of pasta and dry them completely by rolling them with a paper towel. Set aside.

4. 4

   Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium high heat. Heat the oil for approximately 2 – 3 minutes. Drop a strand of dried spaghetti into the oil. When the spaghetti starts to sizzle vigorously, your oil is hot enough.

5. 5

   pour: Carefully pour the oil over the cooked spaghetti and mix well to coat all of the pasta. Add the mizithra and mix well. Serve with additional mizithra for people to add as they like.

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   Enjoy!