Spaghetti a' Aglio e Olio (Speedy Meals)

Member Name: luigi0778

Product:	Speedy Meals
Date:	06/03/09 (197 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy and economical to make, Tastes great!

Disadvantages: If you dont like Garlic, you will hate this!

Being Italian does have its advantages, one of the main ones in my opinion (no not that!) is understanding just how easy cooking really is. An knowing that you don't need expensive ingredients, advanced skills, or masses of time to prepare it.

A great example is the Southern Italian dish of Spaghetti "Aglio e Olio", (pronounced "ally-E-o" -"eh" -"olly-O") chances are, you may have heard of Spaghetti "Aglio e Olio", but more than likely you will have never tried it.
This is mainly because, it is so embarassingly easy to prepare very few restaraunts would allow it to grace their menus, or justify placing it there amongst the already inflated menu prices.

This is however one of the most delicious, economical, super quick pasta dishes you can hope to make.

So with less chat, this is what you will need!



\\\ COOKING UTENSILS ///

- Large Saucepan
- Medium sized frying pan



\\\ INGREDIENTS ///

-Spaghetti (if you make an O with your finger an thumb, the amount of spaghetti that will fit through the hole, is generally enough for 2-3 persons)

- 3 fat cloves of garlic, chopped coarsely.

- 1 or 2 medium size dried Italian red Chilli chopped finely (Get these from an Italian shop, but at a push, you could use a teaspoon of chilli flakes as a substitute).

- Good few glugs of Extra Virgin Olive oil. (approx 5 tablespoons + ) Remember to be generous, because this will act as the "sauce" to coat the spaghetti. Use your best judgement, but no less than 5 tablespoons for 2-3 persons.

-Few decent sized sprigs of flat leaf parsley chopped.

-Salt an Pepper.



\\\ HOW TO MAKE IT ///

-Boil the water in the saucepan, add some salt, add the Spaghetti.

-While the spaghetti is cooking, lightly heat the olive oil in the frying pan and add the garlic and chilli. Cook very, very lightly. DO NOT BURN THE GARLIC. Gently stir around until garlic is light brown (very light brown). Remove from heat.

-When the spaghetti is cooked, drain well, and pour spaghetti into the frying pan, stir around and add the parsley, season with salt and pepper, and serve.



\\\ SERVING IDEAS ///
-This is delicious served alongside a toasted Ciabatta slice, and you could even rub it with garlic (yes more) for extra zing.

-In addition if you prefer you can add some grated parmesan over the top of the Spaghetti when you serve it.

Summary: Faster than a takeaway pizza!