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Spaghetti with sour cream sauce and cheese

Spaghetti tossed in a creamy sour cream, chicken broth, and garlic sauce, topped with grated cheese and herbs. Serves 4 in about 40 minutes.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak ·

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time
20 min
Cook time
20 min
Total time
40 min
Servings
4 servings
Difficulty
Easy
Cuisine
Slovak
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Spaghetti with a sour cream, cheese, and chicken broth sauce makes a quick dinner for four, ready in about 40 minutes. Finely chopped garlic is briefly sautéed in olive oil, then combined with pasta water mixed with sour cream and a pinch of nutmeg, followed by a cup of chicken broth. After a brief simmer, the cooked spaghetti is stirred into the sauce. Top each serving with coarsely grated cheese, black pepper, and herbs.

Ingredients

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Instructions

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  1. Bring approximately 5 l of water to a boil in a large pot, allowing about 1 l for every 100 g of spaghetti. Salt the water before it boils, then add the spaghetti and cook according to the package directions, usually 8–10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Drain the spaghetti, reserving approximately 100 ml of the cooking water in the pot for the sauce.

  2. While the spaghetti cooks, heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a skillet and briefly sauté the finely chopped garlic for about 1 minute. Mix the sour cream and a little nutmeg with half of the reserved pasta water, pour into the skillet, and stir well.

  3. Pour in a cup of chicken broth and the remaining pasta water, stir thoroughly again, and simmer briefly. Finally, stir in the cooked spaghetti and serve.

  4. Season each serving of spaghetti with black pepper and sprinkle with coarsely grated cheese and herbs to taste.

Tip: Mix the sour cream with lukewarm, not boiling, pasta water, then simmer the sauce gently. A vigorous boil could cause the sour cream to curdle.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy
838 kcal
Protein
32 g
Carbohydrates
99 g
of which sugars
6.2 g
Fat
34 g
of which saturates
16 g
Fiber
4.1 g
Salt
2.0 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 omáčkou z kyslej smotany, syra a kuracieho vývaru

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