Pasta Aglio Olio Recipe

Pasta Aglio Olio is the simplest and most basic pasta dish, with garlic and olive oil as its star ingredients. The best aglio - olio are prepared using spaghetti pasta. These make a quick dish as it contains few ingredients and can make a delicious dish in a jiffy. Serve it along with Pizza Margherita on a sunday meal.

Madhuli Ajay
Pasta Aglio Olio Recipe
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Pasta Aglio Olio is the simplest and most basic pasta dish, with garlic and olive oil as its star ingredients. Spaghetti is usually used to make Aglio Olio pasta. It is very quick to put together and need very few day-to-day ingredients and hence is a life saver for last minute emergencies. You can add a few vegetables like mushrooms or peppers if you like, but it tastes great as it is too.This rustic dish tastes great even with a sprinkling of Italian bread crumbs instead of the cheese.

Serve Pasta Aglio Olio with Pizza Margherita and a glass of wine for a weekend night dinner.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other pasta recipes such as

  1. One Pot Spinach Macaroni
  2. Desi Style Masala Pasta
  3. Spinach Sun Dried Tomato Pasta

 

Cuisine: Italian Recipes
Course: Dinner
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

15 M

Total in

25 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Archana's Kitchen Durum Wheat Spaghetti Pasta , whole wheat
  • 8 cloves Garlic , minced or crushed
  • 2 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes , or red chillies chopped
  • 4 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • Parsley leaves , Handful, chopped
  • Parmesan cheese , grated or pecorino cheese or Italian bread crumbs for garnish (as required)
  • Salt , as required

How to make Pasta Aglio Olio Recipe

  1. To begin with Pasta Aglio Olio, cook the Spaghetti pasta according to instructions in salted boiling water in a saucepan. Drain and reserve 1-2 ladles of the water.

  2. In a flat pan, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic, chillies and some parsley. Saute for a minute and toss in the pasta.

  3. Mix and add little of the pasta water to moisten it. Stir and take off the heat.

  4. Garnish it with Parmesan, Pecorino or bread crumbs and serve immediately.

  5. Serve Pasta Aglio Olio with Pizza Margherita and a glass of wine for a weekend night dinner.