![]() ![]() Reserve the pasta water once the angel hair pasta is finished cooking then stir into the dish to create a creamy, lick your plate worthy sauce. Pasta Cooking Water: Love when the byproduct of cooking one of the ingredients creates another one! Pasta cooking water is what I use to create a luscious, silky sauce for this side dish.Freshly grated using a microplane will melt into the sauce, while the other two will clump. Be sure to use freshly grated parmesan cheese vs powdered or pre-grated. Butter and Parmesan Cheese: butter and freshly grated parmesan cheese add decadence and lots of flavor to the angel hair pasta.The only special note here is to crush the dried rosemary as finely as possible between your fingertips before adding to avoid big woody pieces in the final dish. Dried Herbs: Dried basil, parsley, chives, and rosemary provide the herb portion of the garlic and herb angel hair pasta.Fresh is best for these particular ingredients. I tested using onion and garlic powders instead, but the texture of the final dish was a little gritty once paired with the dried herbs. ![]() Aromatics: Fresh shallot and garlic give this easy pasta side dish tons and tons of flavor.I use Ronzoni gluten free “thin spaghetti”. If you don’t need to eat GF, you can use regular angel hair pasta. My kids love this cut of pasta because its fun and a little different than standard elbows or spaghetti. Angel hair pasta, sometimes called cappellini, is super thin strands of pasta. Since I rarely have fresh herbs beyond cilantro or parsley on hand, I rely on the pantry and spice cupboard to create this dish. I love that we always have the ingredients needed for Angel Hair Pasta with Garlic and Herbs on hand. If you love the convenience of pasta packet or box sides, but not the ingredient list, this dish is for you. Then I upgraded it to not only include dried herbs and fresh garlic, but parmesan cheese too, all swirled together to create a creamy (no heavy cream required) side dish recipe that is totally going to steal the show at dinner tonight. This idea for this seriously delicious swirly dish came from a reader who asked for a homemade version of his favorite Pasta Roni pasta packet side (say that 5 times fast): Angel Hair Pasta with Herbs. Try not to eat the ENTIRE THING before scooping it next to the protein and vegetable of your choice because - WOW WOW WOW - this easy, 15 minute side dish is completely irresistible! The recipe for Angel Hair Pasta with Garlic and Herbs comes with a warning: ![]()
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