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Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan

Name: Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400 g Spaghetti; 4 tbsp Olive oil; 4 Garlic cloves; to taste Red pepper flakes; 100 g Parmesan; to taste Parsley; to taste Salt

Spaghetti tossed with gently heated garlic and olive oil, red pepper flakes, parsley, and finely grated Parmesan. Serves four.

Italian cuisine · Quick recipes in 35 minutes · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Italian

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Spaghetti with garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan is a simple, aromatic pasta dish that comes together quickly. Start the sliced garlic in cold oil and heat it slowly so it doesn't burn and turn bitter. Toss the cooked spaghetti with the garlic oil, red pepper flakes, parsley, and finely grated Parmesan. A little pasta cooking water helps the sauce coat every strand.

Ingredients

4 servings

Spaghetti 400 g
Olive oil 4 tbsp
Garlic cloves 4
Red pepper flakes to taste
Parmesan 100 g
Parsley to taste
Salt to taste

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Instructions

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Cook the spaghetti in boiling salted water.
Meanwhile, place the oil and thinly sliced garlic in a large skillet over low heat. Add the garlic to the oil right at the start and heat slowly so it doesn't burn and turn bitter.
Before draining, reserve about 200 ml of the pasta cooking water. Return the drained spaghetti to the pot, pour the garlic oil with red pepper flakes over it, add the chopped parsley and finely grated Parmesan, and toss thoroughly. If the cheese sauce doesn't coat all the pasta, add a few tablespoons of the reserved cooking water.
Taste, add more salt if needed, and serve.

Tip: Add the red pepper flakes to the oil only during the last minute, when the garlic starts to turn golden; heating them longer could burn them and make them bitter. If the garlic browns too quickly, immediately remove the pan from the heat.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 597 kcal
Protein: 22 g
Carbohydrates: 77 g
of which sugars: 2.8 g
Fat: 21 g
of which saturates: 5.9 g
Fiber: 3.4 g
Salt: 1.2 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Špagety s cesnakom, olivovým olejom a parmezánom