Garlic & Butter: the Simplest Sauce for Pasta | Big Little Recipes
This is one of those super simple dishes that’s perfect for dinner after a long day — a delicious pasta sauced with a half a stick of butter and a whole head of garlic. That’s right: a whole head of garlic. Sizzled in melted butter, it turns nutty and mellow and delivers comfort and big flavors with no fuss. GET THE RECIPE ►►
PREP TIME: 10 minutes
COOK TIME: 10 minutes
SERVES: 2
INGREDIENTS:
1 head garlic
Kosher salt
1/2 pound your favorite pasta
1/4 cup unsalted butter
Optional bonuses: roughly chopped parsley, red pepper flakes or freshly ground black pepper, or grated Parm
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I used Penne Ziti Rigate
Butter and pasta are my childhood. I had, and still have severe OCD with food. When I get too overwhelmed with food I always cook dried spaghetti and drain it onto a plate with a lot of salted butter. so much butter that I cover my beard and mustache with it and need to wash my face.
Omg with some egg noodles
Soooo good. With minimal ingredients at home it was perfect and def satisfied my craving lol
I love freshly grated black pepper and parm with mine. Delicious. Can we ever have too much garlic?
This recipe was delicious. I added some basil for garnish and added flavor. Amazing!!!!
would it be weird to add lemon to this? I was thinking I could do a lemon butter garlic sauce
How to peel garlic better than a chef: https://youtu.be/ZOosE8qKBbU
lol that garlic head had so little paper meanwhile all the garlic i use is like sprinkling glitter and confetti around my kitchen
That pasta in the video thumbnail isn't even the pasta you are making. A bit misleading.
I was surprised by how good just butter and garlic prepared the right way can be. Will make this recipe again, it was delicious, thanks.
gnocchi is what im going to use this with
She just blessed us with this beautiful dish ♥️
Great recipe, wonderful presentation, and a huge thanks for sharing! Another example of how and why the best things in life can often be the simplest.
5:48 makes the food sound even better 😆
Yeah, OK, she can smoke with us anytime
I'll make this tonight! Yum 😋
When she kept calling it a noodle -_-
For me this is the best way to eat Pasta….🍷🍷👍🏻
Cute and im cooking it right now winner winner
Abnormal…
Wondering if you could use the fresh crushed or minced garlic in a jar to save time
💖💖💖
I love her haircut
Dam that’s a dude
Sometimes restraint in cooking is the thing that makes a dish truly special.
Wow! This looks good! Thank you!
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Beautiful~ in every way.
Mmmm, going to make this tonight with chicken! I love garlic and butter! 💕💕💕
I’m gonna add shredded chicken breast roasted tomatoes and herbs to this to make it more of a filling meal for dinner tonight make some home made garlic bread on the side with a salad pair it with some white wine 🍷 !!
We loved this so much! I used a Cavatappi pasta and added just a little parmesan at the end.
I made this with a dreadful diet noodle and it made it palatable. I imagine with a better pasta it would be DELICIOUS.
This sauce is also tasty tossed with farro that has been prepared with beef broth and salt. Nutritious fiber!
It's "bulb of garlic" and not "head of garlic".
We just tried this recipe, and it turned out amazing, super delicious! It will become a regular in our diet. Bring on the carbs! Bring on the garlic!
I love garlic and I was so excited to do this recipe BUT unfortunately I need to say this: IT TASTED HORRIBLE AND SMELL DISGUSTING.
And I'm aware garlic itself is strong and I was really careful with the butter not burning but this is just not it. I don't know if is the ration or maybe my garlic was stronger in flavour but I was so sad and disappointed
So, as a suggestion, just be careful with this recipe and maybe try one service first so you don't have to waste food like I did
I am going to make this with some very neutral yam-based diet noodles.
I find these recipes to be a very good fit for me.
Puh…this awful woman…….and this awful Voice!!!!
For anyone thinking this is a lot of butter (it is), this is why nutritionists recommend reducing restaurant meals. This is also the reason why meals eating out taste better —they’re generally made with enormous amounts of fat, lots of salt, etc. So, while it’s a lot of butter, much like having a delicious meal out, it’s probably ok to enjoy this once in a while. Eat like this routinely over an extended period of time and you’re in for some health problems. It would also behoove you to pair any carbohydrate-heavy dish with a lightly dressed salad and some lean protein like a grilled chicken breast or fish.
this is stupid.
My two favorite flavors.. GARLIC AND BUTTER. Only better because this recipe calls for TONS OF BUTTER and a VAT OF BUTTER over pasta. All of which I happen to have on hand! Oh baby!
For two?!! I would eat that whole bowl of deliciousness on me own.😂
This video is like watching paint dry. You can reduce it to 1 minute, stop talking to yourself and get on with the recipe. Stupid things like get tongs for taking out the pasta? You can leave that and other redundant crap out. Hurry it up, it's not rocket science. This video will work on a children's cooking program though.
The video pic was kind of deceiving.
Yes. I just made some spaghetti aglio olio yesterday. Sort of similar, but uses EVOO, parsley, and red pepper flakes in addition to the garlic.
“To which I say…it’s not” love it!