I’ll give you one more recipe.
It’s a very quick recipe, that I make every time I have a strong PASTA desire.
And I mean pasta, I’m not referring to the garnishment.
This is a very simple and quick recipe, but it’s not easy.
It has only three ingredients, and so you MUST use TOP quality ingredients and you MUST be very precise with salt and timing, or you’ll spoil everything.
This recipe is Spaghetti aglio, olio, peperoncino.
Put 3 spoons of extra virgin olive oil per person in a pot. Put a lot of garlic.
I’d say two-three cloves per person cut in little pieces. If you prefer you can avoid to cut the cloves in order to remove them before serving, but in this case I suggest to raise the dose.
Now, fry your garlic at a vey low flame. Don’t let it get brown!
At last, add some dried hot italian peppers (as you like, iti is inended to be quite hot).
Then turn off the flame, and concentrate to the pasta. Dont let ii overcook, drain it very al dente. Don’t mess with salt.
NO CHEESE on top of this kind of pasta!
Drain it, mix it with the coocked oil, and eat voraciously.
(Side note: olive oil changes its taste when you cook it. if you like the taste of raw olive oil, cook less oil than normal, and add some raw oil after cooking).