Alice Waters' Spaghetti with Green Garlic Recipe

Alice Waters' Spaghetti with Green Garlic Recipe
Alice Waters' Spaghetti with Green Garlic Recipe
Spaghetti with oil and garlic has always been a favorite pasta dish of mine. Its simplicity entrances me. Taking a cue from Waters' recipe in The Art of Simple Food, I replaced her regular garlic with green garlic, but otherwise followed the recipe closely: a simple combination of the cloves with a tiny bit of minced parsley and a pinch of red pepper flakes, cooked with plenty of good olive oil.
  • Preparing Time: 15 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Served Person: 4
  • salt
  • 1 pound spaghetti
  • 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • 3 heads green garlic (or 4 cloves regular garlic) thinly sliced
  • small pinch of red pepper flakes
  • Carbohydrate 84.75069316975 g
  • Cholesterol 0 mg
  • Fat 10.32063120402 g
  • Fiber 3.66671401361943 g
  • Protein 14.818063762 g
  • Saturated Fat 1.50309971722884 g
  • Serving Size 1 1 Serving (123g)
  • Sodium 7.5188855501454 mg
  • Sugar 81.0839791561306 g
  • Trans Fat 0.799916000846873 g
  • Calories 497 calories

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