Which is Angel Hair with Cheese and Pepper. Okay, it’s SUPPOSED to be spaghetti, but capellini is a very fine spaghetti so it counts!!
I have always liked the delicate nature of capellini and felt it would be perfect with the simple ingredients for this pasta: pecorino cheese, salt, pepper, Olive Oil. How much simpler can a pasta dish be. I admit I did have a minor ‘fail’. Mixed with pasta water the cheese is supposed to form a paste but mine just sat there until I added the pasta and then it turned into swirls, gobs, and pieces of cheese.
Didn’t hurt the flavor at all, but it just didn’t look very pretty.
You can find this simple pasta on page 70 of Hazan’s 30 Minute Pastas.
March 22, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Yum. Looks delicious. I had some pasta for lunch today that looked similar.
March 30, 2012 at 6:46 PM
We loved this one! It was so simple and yet the flavor was just wonderful…I have made it several times since as a quick side dish with a small portion each and we always say, “Is there more of it?” A good thing…to be left wanting more.