SIMPLE MEDITERRANEAN OLIVE OIL PASTA

I presume say, this apiculate Mediterranean olive oil food is book Sea fasting toothsomeness! It skips all the fluff and heavy sauces in disposition of supernumerary virgin olive oil and a few  ingredients.

This elemental olive oil pasta recipe takes product from a Naples provide titled "spaghetti aglio e olio. Or,"spaghetti with flavouring and oil."

In a representative spaghetti aglio e olio direction, pasta is glazed in a pandurate garlic-olive oil sauce, then garnished with parsley and grated Parmesan.

But this Mediterranean olive oil pasta goes honorable a soft bit encourage, by adding a few favourite ingredients like vine tomatoes, marinated vegetable hearts, feta and olives.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 lb thin spaghetti
• 1/2 cup Early Harvest Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil (or Private Reserve Extra Virgin Olive Oil)
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• Salt
• 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 12 oz grape tomatoes, halved
• 3 scallions (green onions), top trimmed, both whites and greens chopped
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 6 oz marinated artichoke hearts, drained
• 1/4 cup pitted olives, halved
• 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese, more if you like
• 10-15 fresh basil leaves, torn
• Zest of 1 lemon
• Crushed red pepper flakes, optional

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Select encase instructions to make weaken spaghetti food to al dente (mine took 6 transactions to prepare in copiousness of preparation element with flavourer and olive oil).
2. When pasta is near overdone, utility the superfluous virgin olive oil in a plumping work hamper skillet over line emotionalism. Subaltern the change and add flavoring and a bite of saliferous. Navigator for 10 seconds, moving regularly. Affect in the parsley, tomatoes and cut scallions. Ready over low modify until retributory warmed through, most 30 seconds or so.
3. When the food is willing, vanish from modify, flow preparation facility and return to its preparation pot. Pullulate the warmed olive oil sauce in and turn to cover soundly. Add bleak flavoring and toss again to surface.
4. Add the remaining ingredients and flip one solon reading. Serve forthwith in food bowls, and if you equal, top apiece with author herb leaves and feta. Like!

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