Servings: 2
INGREDIENTS
- 1.1 pound/450 grams your favorite pasta
- 3½ tablespoons/50 grams butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 ladles-full pasta water
- ⅓ cups/80 grams parmesan, finely grated
- 1 coarse salt
- 1 flat teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cook the pasta in boiling, generously salted water.
- Heat up a deep frying pan on medium-low heat. Add the butter, olive oil and garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the pasta water, black pepper and nutmeg and bring to a boil.
- When the sauce is bubbling, add the parmesan, mix well and thicken the sauce for 2-3 minutes.
- Taste to see if it needs more salt.
- Add the pasta to the sauce and cook for 5 minutes on high heat until the sauce is reduced and only covers the pasta. Add more parmesan, if you like :)