grown-up buttered noodles
grown-up buttered noodles
i’m not sure this recipe needs much more of an introduction other than the name itself, but, WE’RE DOING IT!!!
buttered! noooooooooodles!
but make it a grown-up glow up. can you sense my genuine glee that this is a thing? and that i may or may not have eaten it every day for the last 5 days?
my sister texted me the other week and said she’d made ‘buttered noodles’ but with ghee and nutritional yeast and that it was the easiest, most delicious thing, and in that moment i nearly facepalmed myself at the brilliantly simple genius of it. it is essentially your childhood buttered noodles, but with slightly fancier, more grown-up ingredients. what i love about the recipe is that it still only requires 3 ingredients, but it could even pass as marginally nutritious (the margins are thin, but we’re in throwing distance, you know?)
it almost, almost feels silly to give fanfare to a 3-ingredient, 2-step recipe, but it’s beloved comfort food so we’re doing it anyway. i think the general sentiment for getting through 2020 in one, albeit dented, piece, is that there are no rules for 2021. so here we are, making a recipe out of nothing and getting way, way too excited about it.
(p.s, if you make this, let me know! leave a comment or tag @honeystreetfood on instagram :) )
grown-up buttered noodles
makes: 1-2 servings
prep time: -
cook time: 10-12 minutes
1 1/2c pasta (i used banza gemelli!)
2tbsp ghee
1/3c nutritional yeast
a sprinkle of salt
a few turns of freshly cracked pepper
bring pasta water to a boil, and sprinkle in a pinch of salt. add the pasta and cook to al dente, and drain (7-9 minutes depending on your preference.) reserving 1/4c of the pasta water - this has all the good starches from the pasta that will help bind your ‘sauce.’
add the ghee, nutritional yeast, salt, and pepper, and about half the reserved pasta water to start. stir, and see if you need more pasta from there. the heat from the pasta and the water will melt the nutritional yeast and help the ghee get silky.
I like a little more pepper on top, and if we’re being honest with each other, another little dollop of ghee.