Easy Healthier Aglio Olio - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup pasta, cooked (linguine is best)
5 tablespoons reserved pasta water, with salt
15 garlic cloves
1 medium onion, peeled and quartered
1 large red chile, deseeded and quartered
1 tablespoon parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
2 tablespoons olive oil
salt, to taste
1 tablespoon grated cheese (optional)
1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce (optional)

Preparation

Toss your garlic, onion, chili, parsley, lemon juice and black peppercorns in a food processor and pulse until everything is chopped up.
Add olive oil into a heated wok. Add your garlic mixture and stir until the garlic is golden brown and fragrant.
Add pasta and mix thoroughly.
Add your reserved pasta water and mix thoroughly.
Add salt, to taste. Mix thoroughly.
Serve with grated cheese and a lashing of Tabasco sauce, if desired.