Quickest Pasta Supper

This is the quickest, simplest most delicious pasta recipe i know. It looks so pretty speckled with red, green and black, and glossy with fragrant olive oil that you could serve it at a dinner party in small portions as a starter. Also fantastic when you have just got in from work or college and need food! Show more

Ready In: 6 mins

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients

  • 2  tablespoons garlic-infused olive oil (can be bought at most supermarkets and is handy for other dishes or use 2 tablespoons olive oil and)
  • 200  g  dried spaghetti (because they cook quickly) or 200  g linguine (because they cook quickly) or 200  g angel hair pasta (because they cook quickly)
  • 1  very finely chopped red chili peppers or 1  teaspoon  dried chili pepper flakes
  • 1  tablespoon  chopped parsley
  •  salt and black pepper
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Directions

  1. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, adding plenty of salt to the cooking water.
  2. When there is 1 minute of cooking time remaining, warm the oil in a frying pan, add the garlic (if the oil is not garlic infused), the chili and cook for 1 minute.
  3. Remove from the heat.
  4. Drain the pasta, toss with the flavoured oil, black pepper and parsley.
  5. Simple!
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