Fettuccine with Brown Butter & Sage

 

Ingredients:

4 Oz. fettuccine.
4 1/2 Tbsp butter.
15-20 fresh sage leaves, stemmed.
4 1/2 Tbsp beef & chicken broth.
5 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese.

Directions:

Cook pasta in large pot of boiling, salted water. Reserve 1/2 cup of the liquid.

Melt the butter in large skillet over medium-low heat.

Add the sage leaves and cook until the edges curl & the butter is a dark amber. Do not burn. About 6 minutes.

Transfer the leaves to a paper towel.

Add beef & chicken stock to the butter.

Add pasta and Parmesan cheese. Toss to coat, gradually adding reserved cooking liquid if dry.

Season with salt & pepper and garnish with the sage leaves.

Notes:

The recipe originally used frozen veal stock, listing the beef & chicken broth as an alternative.

This was done once, and without garlic. It might be interesting to add some, although it might overpower the recipe.

I have done it now with garlic ... It is much more rich. Do it!

The ingredients pictured served 2 with some leftover.

This is adapted from Bon Appetit, January, 2008.