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Spaghetti Aglio Olio

A classic Italian pasta dish with garlic and olive oil, enhanced with bottarga for extra flavor.

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Italian
easy
25 min
4
vegetarian
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
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Ingredients
  • Spaghettiquality spaghetti, cut with a bronze dye
  • Garlicone clove per person, germ removed
  • Extra virgin olive oilfor sauce
  • Parsleyhandful, chopped
  • Bottarga(optional)grated, optional
Instructions
  1. 1

    Boil the spaghetti in salted water until al dente.

    10 min

  2. 2

    Peel and remove the germ from the garlic cloves.

    2 min

  3. 3

    Coarsely chop the garlic and place it in a mortar.

    1 min

  4. 4

    Add a pinch of coarse salt and crush the garlic into a paste using a mortar and pestle.

    3 min

  5. 5

    Slowly add extra virgin olive oil to the garlic paste, stirring to blend.

    2 min

  6. 6

    Add half of the grated bottarga and some chopped parsley to the sauce.

    1 min

  7. 7

    Mix the cooked spaghetti with the uncooked sauce.

    2 min

  8. 8

    Plate the spaghetti, drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with parsley and remaining bottarga.

    1 min

Equipment Needed
mortar and pestle
pot
grater

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