Creamy Garlic Pasta
- ⏱ 35 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 3
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Spaghetti is tossed with melting garlic, olive oil, honey, Parmigiano Reggiano, and lime juice to make a creamy sauce.
Adapted from Serious Eats.
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Creamy Garlic Pasta
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Mise en place
2Boil the water
In a 3-quart saucier, fill with 3 quarts cold water,...
3Plate and serve
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Creamy Garlic Pasta
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Mise en place
Peel the garlic cloves, keeping them whole if small...
2Boil the water
3Plate and serve
+ 15 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 1 garlic cloves (peeled and kept whole if small, sliced in half if particularly large)
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt
- 225 g spaghetti
- 1/2 tsp honey
- 57 g Parmigiano Reggiano (grated)
- 1 lime juice (juiced)
- 1 lime (halved)
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Mise en place COOK 1
- Peel the garlic cloves, keeping them whole if small and slicing them in half if particularly large
2. Boil the water COOK 2
- In a 3-quart saucier, fill with 3 quarts cold water, add salt, and bring to a boil over high heat
3. Soften the garlic COOK 1
- In a pasta pan or wok, combine the olive oil and garlic cloves and place over low heat
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic takes on a light golden color and the cloves become meltingly soft, about 15 minutes
4. Mise en place COOK 1
- Prep 57 g Parmigiano Reggiano: grate
- Prep 1 lime juice: juice
5. Mise en place COOK 2
- Prep 1 lime: halve
6. Cook the spaghetti COOK 2
- In the now-boiling water, add the spaghetti and cook until just al dente, about 1 to 2 minutes less than the package instructions
🤝 Cook 1 hands the 3-quart saucier to Cook 2.
7. Build the garlic sauce COOK 1
- When the garlic just starts to take on golden coloring, add the honey to the pan and stir to combine
- Increase the heat to medium high and cook, stirring constantly, until the garlic cloves just start to lightly brown in spots, about 2 minutes
- Add 1/2 cup of pasta water, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the spaghetti.
8. Emulsify the pasta COOK 2
- In the pan with the garlic sauce, add the cooked pasta
- Cook, stirring and tossing constantly, until the sauce becomes creamy and emulsified, about 2-3 minutes
- Turn off the heat and add the grated cheese
- Toss and stir the pasta until the cheese melts seamlessly into the sauce
🤝 Cook 1 hands the pasta pan or wok to Cook 2.
9. Add lime juice COOK 2
- Add the lime juice and toss to distribute
- Season to taste with salt
10. Plate and serve BOTH
- Serve immediately with halved limes and more grated cheese alongside
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