Italian

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

Name: Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 lb spaghetti; 8 garlic cloves; 1/2 cup olive oil; 1 tsp red pepper flakes; 1/2 cup chopped parsley; 1/2 cup grated parmesan; 1 tsp salt

Marco @marco_bologna

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio is Italian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Low sodium Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1 lb spaghetti
8 garlic cloves
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup grated parmesan
1 tsp salt

How to cook it

Cook the spaghetti in well-salted boiling water until al dente, about 10 minutes; reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
Meanwhile warm the olive oil in a skillet over medium-low and cook the sliced garlic until pale gold, about 3 minutes.
Add the red pepper flakes and cook 30 seconds.
Add the drained pasta and a splash of pasta water, tossing until glossy.
Off the heat, toss with the parsley and parmesan and serve.

Watch how to cook Spaghetti Aglio e Olio

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Serve it with

A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cicoria Ripassata (Sauteed Bitter Greens)
  
  20 min
Something cool and fresh
- Insalata Caprese (Caprese Salad)
  
  10 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Cacciatore
Gluten	Yes	Butternut Squash Risotto
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 700 kcal
Protein: 19 g
Carbs: 82 g
Fat: 33 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 380 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.