A quick and easy pasta dish that brings a punch of flavour! This super easy Garlic Parmesan Spaghetti dish is on the table in about 20 minutes, requires few ingredients and will surprise you with it’s fresh flavours!

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Comfort food at it’s best! Much like my Bowtie Pasta and Broccoli Bake and the Tomato & Mozzarella Baked Penne, this one’s a keeper! It’s easy, full of flavour, budget friendly and downright delicious!

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What Is This Spaghetti Dish Like

• Difficulty – This is an easy to make dish that takes only 10 minutes to prep and cooks in about 15 minutes.
• Taste – This is a fresh tasting dish that doesn’t have a sauce. The pasta noodles are lightly coated with butter, garlic and parmesan cheese.
• Serving – This makes 4 servings as a main course. You have to serve this dish fresh from the stove for best results. In the recipe card at the end of the post you can change the serving size to suit your dinner table!

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Ingredients

• Pasta – I used spaghetti for this dish. The thin noodles worked great for this easy dish.
• Butter – This adds a fantastic flavour to this pasta dish.
• Olive oil – Olive oil combined with the butter adds a depth of rich flavour to the spaghetti.
• Garlic – Thinly sliced garlic pieces are added to the butter on the stove top to add additional flavour to the pasta.
• Parmesan cheese – This is an excellent choice of cheese for this pasta dish. It’s light and flavourful.
• Seasoning – I just used salt and pepper for seasoning.
• Herbs – A lot of fresh minced parsley is added to the dish for flavour and freshness.

NOTE, The full recipe and ingredients can be found at the end of the post in the recipe card.

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Instructions

1. Cook spaghetti – Add the spaghetti to a pot of boiling water and cook according to package. Approximately 8 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. Reserve a couple ladles of pasta water and set aside.
2. Cook butter with olive oil and garlic – While the spaghetti is cooking, set a large deep sided skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and bring to to a sizzle, about one minute. Add the olive oil and sliced garlic pieces. Stir well and cook for a couple of minutes until the garlic becomes aromatic. Be careful not to burn or brown the garlic.
3. Finish dish – Reduce heat to low and add the spaghetti, Parmesan cheese, parsley, salt and pepper. Toss really well and add a little pasta water to make the dish a little smoother.
4. Serve – Serve immediately topped with extra fresh parsley and black pepper if desired.

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Recipe Tips

• Slice the garlic really thin – It’s important to slice the garlic really thin so it cooks properly and you don’t end up with large raw garlic pieces in the pasta dish.
• Time saving – When you are cooking the spaghetti, get started on the stove top cooking. This will cut down on the total time of the dish. This not only saves time, but ensures everything is ready at the same time.

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Substitutions

• Pasta – I used spaghetti pasta but pasta shells, penne pasta, tagliatelle or bowtie pasta will all work well.
• Fresh parsley – Feel free to use other fresh herbs like basil or even oregano.
• Parmesan – I used Parmesan cheese, but you could use pepper jack or mozzarella

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Serving

• Salads – A fresh salad to go on the side of this would work really well. Why not take a look at the Mediterranean Tossed Salad or the Classic Caprice Salad.
• Breads – Of course you can serve with pasta! Garlic Knots are one of our family favourites and even the Rustic Loaf would be great.
• As part of a bigger main course – Yes, this pasta dish would also work as a side in smaller portions. I think it would work wonderful with the Stuffing Topped Roasted Turkey Tenderloin or even the Stove Top Lemon Chicken.

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