Guest Contributor Recipe: Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon and Arugula

Welcome today's guest blogger, Wibia, who writes the popular restaurant review site, Would I Buy It Again?  (with along five other writers, reviews Indy restaurants, national restaurants, and comments on food news) Need to know the best local restaurants and other hidden gems in Indy?- like where to grab the best Mexican food in Indy (his answer: Taqueria Guanajuato). Wibia can help you out. He's also an accomplished cook and here he shares a pasta recipe- perfect for date night.  You can follow Wibia on Twitter and Facebook.   -Indianapolis Amy

 

 

A guilty pleasure of mine is starchy egg noodles with butter, a little parm and some salt.  To me, less is more with pasta.  This is a summer pasta that sings to that same choir.   It takes about 20 minutes to make and goes great with a cold one.  Also gents, this is a really easy one to throw together if you are trying to show your new lady that you are a little more sophisticated than dumping Prego on some Creamette noodles.  You are welcome to send a thank you email to Tyler Florence and I.

 

              photo credit: Wibia

Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon and Arugula

Adapted from:  Family Meals - Tyler Florence

Serves 2-3

Ingredients:

4 T butter

2 T Extra Virgin Olive oil

8 oz Angel Hair Pasta

1 C Arugula

1 Lemon zested

2 cloves of garlic

1 C Panko bread crumbs

Red pepper flakes.  Just a small pinch.

In a skillet, add the olive oil on medium heat and bread crumbs.  Toast them for about 10 minutes and set aside.  Add 2 T of butter and toss in the chopped garlic and red pepper flakes.   Low temp, about 15 minutes.  Do not burn or blacken, you are just trying to soften them.  With about 5 minutes left of the garlic, drop the angel hair in a boiling pot of water with a pinch of salt. Strain well, do not rinse.

Take the garlic off the heat, add the lemon zest.   Grab a big bowl and and add the arugula and toss everything together along with plus 2 more T of butter.  Salt and pepper to taste.

If it seems dry, add more oil.  You can use this as a main course, a pasta course before the meat in an Italian dinner or as a side with grilled chicken.  You can eat it cold as well, I added some tomatoes to the cold version and enjoyed that as well. 

-Wibia

 

 

 

Comments

[AdrienneBailey]

This looks so delicious! I am definitely going to give it a try- thanks for sharing.

[Siobhan]

I love making this pasta, sometimes I add a little sweet chili sauce with extra lemon juice to make it more saucy.