Spicy Confit Garlic Butter Pasta

Easily one of my favorite comfort pastas has to be this Spicy Confit Garlic Butter with Calabrian chili crisp. This spicy garlic butter pasta is glossy, super tasty and comes together in 30 minutes or less.

The Deets:
Easily one of my favorite comfort pastas has to be this lemony garlic confit Calabrian chili gnocchi. The garlic confit is cooked in lemon rinds and then blended with more lemon, butter and Calabrian chili crisp, to make this tangy spicy butter. Mixed with some pasta water and you get this glossy super tasty sauce. The garlic confit is set it and forget it and then after that everything else comes together in less than 20 minutes. Top with some fresh basil, grated parmesan and that it.

Spicy Garlic Butter Pasta

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Ingredients

The Garlic Confit:

• 1 Head of garlic
• Olive oil Enough to submerge the garlic
• 4 Pieces of lemon rind
• Sea salt
• Pepper

The Butter:

• Garlic confit  See above
• 1 Stick of butter
• Juice of half a lemon and more to taste
• 1-2 tbsp Alessi Calabrian Chili Crisp depending on how spicy you want it
• Sea salt 
• Pepper

The Rest:

• 1 Package of gnocchi
• 1/3 cup Pasta water
• Grated parmesan
• Fresh basil for topping

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 250. Peel garlic and add to a ramekin along with lemon rind and enough oil to cover the garlic. Bake for about 1 1/2-2 hours or until garlic is browned and soft.
• When it’s done, remove from oil and add to a food processor with butter, lemon juice, Calabrian chili crisp, sea salt and pepper. Blend until smooth and creamy.
• Meanwhile, heat a salted pot of water and bring to a boil. Cook the gnocchi for only 2 min or so (less than the full amount since it will go back on the stovetop). Reserve pasta water.
• Transfer pasta to a large skillet and add 3 tbsp dollops of the confit butter. Add pasta water little by little and cook on low heat until everything starts to get creamy. Add in parmesan cheese and more pasta water as needed.
• Top with fresh basil and enjoy!

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