Pasta With Browned Butter And Mizithra Recipe

Pasta With Browned Butter And Mizithra

From CaraSings 11 years ago

This is a terrific dish served by The Old Spaghetti Factory chain. It is served topped with shredded Mizithra cheese (a Greek hard cheese).

3/4 cup butter shopping list
1 cup Mizithra cheese (we sprinkle on to individual taste) shopping list
pasta of choice (I used 16 ounces of rotini, but spaghetti is more typical) shopping list

Browned Butter Procedure: Cut sticks of butter into 8 pieces and place in a 2-quart sauce pan. Place the pan of butter on a burner on medium heat. Bring butter to a slow boil.
Once the butter begins to boil, stir constantly to prevent residue from sticking to the bottom of the pan. As the butter cooks, it will start to foam and rise. Continue stirring (about 5 minutes), otherwise the butter foam could overflow and catch fire.
Once the butter stops foaming and rising, cook until amber in color (about 1 to 2 minutes). It will have a pleasant caramel aroma.
Turn off the heat and remove pan from burner. Let the sediment settle to the bottom of the pan for a few minutes while you boil the pasta until al dente and drain..
Pour the brown butter through a strainer into a small bowl. Do not disturb the residue at the bottom of the pan.
You can serve this family style by pouring the strained butter over all the pasta and serving the cheese on the side (to be added by each person), or you can plate ahead, dividing the butter and cheese equally among four plates.

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Reviewed by 1 people

Nice flavor.
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9/29/13

pointsevenout in Athens loved it