Butter and Fresh Sage Sauce |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 25 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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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 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.
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