Buy Now → Brown Butter Pasta With Caramelised Onions
Blending the caramelised onions with the brown butter results in a smooth glossy sauce which coats each strand of pasta. So so good.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: Serves 2
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 large onions, finely sliced
- generous pinch of Maldon salt
- 100g butter
- 200g pasta (I love linguine or spaghetti with this but also v good with rigatoni)
- 2 egg yolks
- 60g Parmesan
- juice of 1/2 lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Start by softening the onions in a little olive oil. Season generously with Maldon salt and cook on a low heat until they are lovely and caramelised. Low and slow is the key and it will take about 20 mins so be patient - I promise it’s worth it!
- Meanwhile brown the butter in a pan on a medium heat. It will go from melted, to very loud and bubbly and then quiet and foamy. Keep stirring until it turns a light amber colour and smells of roasting chestnuts. Brown butter is lovely, burnt butter not so much - so don’t let it burn and pour it into a heatproof bowl once golden to stop the cooking process.
- Cook the pasta in salted boiling water
- In a bowl mix together the egg yolks, Parmesan and lemon juice and then season well with black pepper. Add a little of the hot pasta cooking water to this mixture to temper it. Stir well.
- Add the brown butter, caramelised onions and a splash of pasta cooking water to a blender and blitz until lovely and creamy.
- Tip the sauce into the cooked pasta. Add the egg mixture. Stir and toss through adding a little more pasta water to loosen if needed. Taste. Adjust seasoning as needed and top with more parmesan. Enjoy!
