Jason's Cooking Club
Brown Butter Anchovy Pasta
“I burned the first batch. Do not walk away from the butter.”
Ingredients
produce
- garlic3 cloves
- lemon½
- parsleya small handful
- chili flakesa pinch
- black pepperlots
dairy
- unsalted butter75 ml
pantry
- dried spaghetti200g
- salt-packed anchovies6
Method
- 01Salt your pasta water like the sea. Bring it to a boil. Put the spaghetti in.
- 02In a cold pan, add butter and sliced garlic. Low heat. Let the butter melt into the garlic. Don't walk away.“I walked away. I burned it. Starting over is fine.” — jason⧗ 3 min
- 03Mash them into the butter with a spoon. They will dissolve. That's the point.
- 04The butter is browning. You'll smell it — nutty, a little toasted. Hit it with chili flakes and take it off the heat.“Go a shade past where you think.” — jason
- 05Pasta goes in the pan with a splash of pasta water. Toss. Squeeze in half a lemon. Lots of black pepper.
- 06Parsley on top. Eat it standing up.
you'll needa heavy skilleta pasta pot
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Brown Butter Anchovy Pasta
I burned the first batch. Do not walk away from the butter.
— JASON MCKINNEY
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method — 6 steps
- 01Salt your pasta water like the sea. Bring it to a boil. Put the spaghetti in.
- 02In a cold pan, add butter and sliced garlic. Low heat. Let the butter melt into the garlic. Don't walk away.“I walked away. I burned it. Starting over is fine.”⧗ 3 min timer
- 03Mash them into the butter with a spoon. They will dissolve. That's the point.
- 04The butter is browning. You'll smell it — nutty, a little toasted. Hit it with chili flakes and take it off the heat.“Go a shade past where you think.”
- 05Pasta goes in the pan with a splash of pasta water. Toss. Squeeze in half a lemon. Lots of black pepper.
- 06Parsley on top. Eat it standing up.
✦ mise en place
the tools you'll need✦
a heavy skillet
“cast iron or carbon steel, not nonstick”
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a pasta pot
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