Ingredients

• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 mild whole chili
• ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 13oz - 360g spaghetti
• 2 tbs chopped parsley
• Salt and pepper

Steps

• Step 1

  Boil a large pot of water. While the water is boiling, get your ingredients ready. Add salt to water once boiling.

• Step 2

  Peel and slice the garlic razor thin.

• Step 3

  Thinly slice and chop the chili.

• Step 4

  Add spaghetti to boiling water (you can salt but no oil, cook approx. 3 minutes less than indicated on packet.

• Step 5

  To a large frying pan, add the olive oil and turn on heat. Add the garlic and chopped chili.

• Step 6

  Fry until the garlic becomes a little light brown on edges, then add half a cup of the boiling pasta water.

• Step 7

  Add freshly cracked pepper.

• Step 8

  Strain your spaghetti (keep a little water on side just in case sauce runs dry).

• Step 9

  Add spaghetti to the hot oil in frying pan. Mix well and gently for 3 minutes, add a little more water if pasta absorbs it. You want a tiny bit of liquid left after 3 minutes.

• Step 10

  Chop and add parsley and mix well

Little Tips

Salt your pasta water correctly, it requires a lot of salt and should taste a little less salty then sea water.