Butter and Fresh Sage Sauce

An easy quick dish as long as you have some sage leaves. Serve with your favorite pasta. Add 1 cup of the hot water, from the pasta-cooking pot to the ingredients

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter (to taste)
• 10  fresh whole sage leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1⁄2  lemon, juice of
• 1  cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, lay in the sage leaves and heat until the butter is sizzling gently. Toast the leaves for 1 minute or so.
2. Ladle in 1 cup boiling pasta water; stir the sauce and simmer for about 2 minutes and reduce liquid by half before adding pasta. Grind the black pepper directly into the sauce. Add lemon juice.
3. Keep the sauce hot over very low heat; return to a simmer just before adding pasta
4. Finish cooked pasta and sauce in the skillet. Off the heat, toss in the cheese just before serving.