We’re re-living my favorite meal from childhood today! Get ready for Garlic Buttered Angel Hair with Burrata!! Similar to Cacio e Pepe but with burrata!
It’s back to school season for a lot of you - and you know what that means… quick and easy weeknight meals that you can get on the table in a JIFFY. So… without further ado… let me tell you about my childhood love affair with Garlic Buttered Angel Hair with Burrata.
The tennis club we grew up at had an Italian night once a week. It wasn’t anything fancy. We’d literally roll in straight out of tennis practice and have a quick dinner with the fam. We’d go once or twice a month and the whole premise of the night was this:
1. Sit down; 2. Order a Shirley Temple (or a cocktail if you were of age); and 3. Go up to the pasta bar and order whatever kind of pasta you want and they’d make it for you on the spot.
MY order was this: a generous pat of butter, an aggressive amount of garlic, angel hair pasta, some lemon juice, a little sprinkling of salt, and a liberal amount of cheese. I was seven when this started and as you can tell if you’re an avid reader here, not much has changed in terms of my palate. I still LOVE butter. LIVE for that garlic. And prefer an extra large serving of cheese with all my meals.
So… now that that’s all out there, do yourself a favor and go stock up on Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter along with the rest of these ingredients and make yourself, your roommates, your family, or your neighbors this incredible meal. And if you don’t like angel hair pasta (you’re obviously a monster), I can accept that, and you should use spaghetti or bucatini or fettuccini. Whatever your heart desires. Just don’t skimp on that garlic butter sauce because OMG, it’s everything! If you love this recipe and are looking for other awesome Italian dishes, you should check out my Eggplant Parmesan recipe. Its one of my favs.
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Garlic Buttered Angel Hair with Burrata
Ingredients
- 1 pound angel hair pasta
- 4 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter
- 1 shallot finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 handfuls fresh basil, chopped
- olive oil to garnish
- 4-6 ounces burrata cheese
- handful of baby arugula
Instructions
- Bring a large, salted pot of water to a boil and cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain, reserving one cup of pasta cooking water, and return it to the pot.
- In a large skillet, add Land O Lakes® Unsalted Butter and melt over medium-high heat. Add the shallot and garlic and sauté for 60 seconds. Add the red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper. And the reserved pasta water. Stir to combine and then add the pasta and Parmesan. Stir everything together to combine and stir in half of the basil
- To serve, transfer to a dish and drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Top with torn pieces of Burrata cheese and some arugula.
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Looks delicious
One of my go-to pasta dishes! So good! So easy!
Ah-amaaazing!
Whipped this up in a snap for company and it was elegant and tasty. Great use for burrata.
Easy and has so much flavor! Perfect comfort meal on a Friday night!
This is my perfect comfort food I didn’t have burrata or arugula and added dried basil with the red pepper since I didn’t have fresh and it was deeeelish. Will be making this all the time.
What about the other half of basil? Or am I missing it? Garnish? 🙂
GARNISH!
I made this tonight exactly as published and it was delicious!! Thank you for such a simple winner!
This sounds like happiness on a plate!!
This looks so good... I've been experimenting with pasta because my husband doesn't usually like it, I'm going to try this recipe to see if I can get it added into the usual repertoire. He does love butter and garlic too!!!
I don’t like angel hair OR spaghetti. Fettuccine supremacy.