Recipe: At Home Aglio e Olio

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Aglio e Olio. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio is a simple Italian dish of garlic, olive oil, parsley, and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese tossed with cooked pasta. There are certain dishes that just aren't worth messing with — and spaghetti aglio e olio is one of them. As with all of the best Italian recipes, this one is greater than the sum of its parts.
It is a traditional pasta recipe from Naples.
This dish is made by sautéing sliced garlic in olive oil, sometimes with the addition of red pepper flakes, or anchovies.
Add pasta such as spaghetti, linguini, or fettuccine in and toss it well.
You can cook Aglio e Olio using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Aglio e Olio
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You need 1/4 packet of spaghetti (a type of pasta).
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It’s 1 tsp of butter.
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You need 1 tsp of olive oil.
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It’s 1 tsp of red chilli flakes.
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You need 1 tsp of mixed herbs.
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It’s 5-6 of chopped garlic cloves.
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You need 1 tbsp of grated cheese.
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Prepare 1 slice of cheese.
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You need As per taste of salt.
Spaghetti aglio e olio (pronounced [spaˈɡetti ˈaʎʎo e ˈɔːljo]; Italian for '"spaghetti [with] garlic and oil"') is a traditional Italian pasta dish from Naples.
The dish is made by lightly sauteeing sliced, minced, or pressed garlic in olive oil, sometimes with the addition of dried red chili flakes (in which case its name is spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino), and tossing with.
It is packed with so much flavor, and it is amazingly garlicky without being too overpowering.
Serve with wine and crusty garlic bread!
Aglio e Olio step by step
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Boil spaghetti with little salt..
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Heat butter and oil in a pan..
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Add garlic chilli flakes and mixed herb..
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Cook for 2-3mins then add boiled spaghetti mix well..
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Add cheese slice and mix..
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Serve hot. Garnish with grated cheese..
Aglio e olio, I think it's safe to claim, is the simplest pantry-staples-only pasta sauce in the entire Italian canon.
You don't even need cheese—in fact, some would argue cheese isn't a welcome addition.
If you have spaghetti, garlic, salt, and oil, you can make this pasta right now.
Pasta Aglio e Olio, or oil and garlic, is quick easy and delicious.
Aglio e Olio Mondays used to be a thing in our house, but we drifted away from that, replacing it with takeout way too often.