Italian
Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
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.
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
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.
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.
| 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
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Partial
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Dairy
- How this was set
- Hand audited
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.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on spaghetti, garlic, and parsley.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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