Angel Hair Pasta

Angel Hair Pasta with Mushroom, Basil, and Fried Egg

Thought I share this with everyone, I followed the recipe and made it last night.

• angel hair pasta or any other dry pasta you want to use
• extra virgin olive oil
• few garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• red pepper flakes, as much as you need
• button or cremini mushrooms – washed, patted with a paper towel and thickly sliced
• grape tomatoes, halved
• salt and pepper to taste
• a lot of fresh Basil, roughly torn – divided (keep some aside for garnish)
• egg(s) to be fried
• butter if you want to fry the egg in butter

1. Cook pasta as per instructions in a pot of boiling water, but only al dente. Drain and save some of the cooking liquid. Set aside.
2. Add extra virgin olive oil to a heavy bottomed pan. Add the garlic and the crushed pepper and start heating the oil. Keep the heat low or to medium; the oil will be infused with the flavor of garlic and pepper as it heats. Break up the garlic slices in the oil to release the flavor. High heat will burn the garlic and you do not want that. Cook until the garlic starts to sizzle, but they should not turn brown.
3. Add the sliced mushrooms and increase the heat to high. Cook them until they release no more water and are slightly browned around the edges. Add the halved tomatoes, salt and pepper now and cook at high to medium heat until the tomatoes are lightly softened, but not mushed.
4. Add the torn fresh basil leaves and stir up the mix. Reduce the heat. Add the cooked pasta and stir it in. Toss for everything to combine. If the pasta is too dry for you, add some of the cooking liquid. Adjust salt and pepper.

To cook the eggs:

1. Heat butter/olive oil in pan (~2 teaspoons per egg). Carefully break in the egg(s) in to the pan making sure the yolk does not break. Cook at medium heat until the white is set and the yolk is still runny. Top off the pasta with the fried egg(s). Gently toss so that the yolk combines with the pasta for a creamy feel. The egg yolk will cook in the heat of the pasta in the pan
2. Remove cooked pasta on a serving plate. Garnish with more fresh basil, crushed pepper and olive oil if you wish.
3. Serve warm.

Found this on Hell yeah, recipes!

It was wonderfully delicious, but for me the dish didnt look as nice as the picture displayed at the top of this post.