Hot Butter Pasta

I made this for a dinner party the other day and it went down a storm. It’s delicious and is my idea of fast food. It also costs next to nothing to make.

Serves 1

Ingredients

Grilled veg:

• 70g broccoli spears

• 1 tbsp of olive oil

• pinch of salt

For the sauce:

• 40ml olive oil

• 1.5 medium chillis, thinly sliced and deseeded

• handful of bunch of basil, finely chop the stalks

• 25g butter

• 3 garlic cloves, diced

• 25ml white wine

• 1/4 veg stock cube

• 1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes

• zest of 1/3 lemon

• 60 ml starchy pasta water

• 20g Grana Padano, grated

• 120g spaghetti

• Black pepper and salt

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 220 C on the grill fan setting.

2. Add the broccoli, spoon of olive oil and salt in a baking tray. Grill broccoli for 5-6 mins giving it a mix half way. Remove from the oven.

3. Put the pasta to boil in salted water following the packet’s instructions. Towards the end of the booking, take out about 60-70ml of starchy pasta water and put to one side.

4. For the sauce, set a large frying pan to a medium to high heat and add the olive oil to heat up. Then add the chopped chillis and fry for 3 mins.

5. Next add the basil stalks followed by butter and garlic. Bring to a simmer for 1-2 mins. Then add the white wine, stock cube and chilli flakes. Simmer for 1 min and then remove from the heat.

6. Drain the pasta and add to the frying pan along with the grilled broccoli. Pour over half of the pasta water and toss everything together. Season with salt and grated cheese. Serve straightaway!