If I had to make a top ten list of foods that I love, it would probably go something like this:
1. Bacon
2. Pasta
3. Bacon
4. Eggs
5. Bacon
6. Pasta
7. Bacon
8. Bacon
9. Bacon
10. Chocolate
So a recipe called Brown Butter Pasta with Egg? Oh, man. Yes please. First, just a little bit about brown butter. It’s pretty much exactly what you think it is…butter that has been melted on the stove and cooked until it turns brown. Why the brown? Because when you cook butter that long, it gets this nutty, intensely buttery flavor that is just plain out of this world. It’s like buttered butter. You have to try it to believe it.
And in this case, not only are you going to use the browned butter on your pasta. Oh no. You are also going to cook a couple of eggs in the browned butter, just until they are nice and soft-set. Then you are going to toss some pine nuts in the brown butter until they are warm. Then you are going to toss the pasta and a little pasta water in with the brown butter and divide it among some plates. Then you are going to nestle one of those fried eggs on top of the pasta on each plate, and ever so lovingly break the egg so the yolk runs through the brown butter pasta. Then you are going to sprinkle the whole thing with some fresh grated Parmesan cheese, a little fresh ground pepper and some nutmeg. Yes you are.
It’s going to be SO wonderful, you won’t even miss the bacon and the chocolate.
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So are you eating this with a side of bacon then?
This looks amazing!!
I was about to say…bacon would go just fine with this…
this is making me hungry. it looks so delicious!
I really just *droooooled* on my laptop. DINNER TOMORROW FOR SURE! thank you!
Mine would just consist of pasta and chocolate, and more pasta and more chocolate.
Thanks for sharing this.It looks so good. Can't wait to make it.
Have a great day! Rochelle.
Yum! This looks amazing! I am always so impressed with your recipes and photography!
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Yum! This looks amazing! I am always so impressed with your recipes and photography!
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This looks so delicious that my mouth is practically watering!
I featured this recipe on my weekly What to Cook Wednesday post today. I hope you will stop by and check it out!
My grandmother made mashed potatoes with brown butter instead of gravy all the time. Soooo good!
Thanks everyone! Shannah, thanks so much for the feature, I appreciate it! (and yes, I will probably break down and toss in some bacon next tme!)
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i bet this would be delicious with some black truffle finishing salt!
I bet you are right!! (I actually got some of that for Xmas…hmm…)