RomanItalian
Butter and Parmesan Pasta
by Cucina con Ruben · 548K subscribers on YouTube
Learn how to make authentic butter and parmesan pasta, creamy and delicious. Chef Ruben shows the real Roman technique step by step.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
6 items- ButterUse unsalted butter, divided into two parts
- Pasta Cooking WaterReserved starchy pasta water
- Rigatoni (Pasta)Any short pasta works, but rigatoni is traditional
- Parmigiano ReggianoFreshly grated
- Lemon ZestA small pinch of grated lemon zest
- Black PepperFreshly ground black pepper
Method
- Place a piece of butter in a pan and let it brown until it becomes hazelnut-colored.
- Add a splash of pasta cooking water to the butter.
- Add the pasta (rigatoni) to the pan.
- Grate the Parmesan cheese.
- In the last 3 minutes of cooking, cook the pasta together with the butter and add hot water to release the starch.
- Meanwhile, warm the serving plate over the pasta water.
- Turn off the heat, add another piece of butter and the grated Parmesan.
- If the sauce is too thick, add a little more cooking water and stir.
- Add a pinch of lemon zest.
- Add a pinch of black pepper.
- Serve immediately.
Cucina con Ruben
Home cookReviewer548K subscribers on YouTube242.9M total channel viewsRuben Bondi - cucina italiana, kosher e giudaico-romana. Diventato noto durante il lockdown cucinando dal balcone a Trastevere.


