Aglio, olio e peperoncino

In my spare time and on weekends, I like to try my hand at some traditional Italian recipes.

Once a week, I'll share with you the recipe for an easy to prepare dish. I will try to stick to dishes that can be prepared in less than one hour.

This week's recipe is a classic: Aglio, olio e peperoncino.

Ingredients for four people:
- 400 grams of spaghetti
- two cloves of garlic
- 5-6 tablespoons of extra
-virgin olive oil
- peperoncino
- table salt (possibly sea salt)

Preparation:
Saute the garlic and some peperoncino in an iron-cast skillet (a large frying pan will do as fine) with oil until it turns golden brown (you can also thin-slice the garlic and saute it until it becomes crispy).

Cook your spaghetti just a bit more al dente than you usually would, and briefly saute it in the frying pan with the sauce.

Add some more perperoncino to your liking and serve hot. If you feel that the spaghetti is dry, you can add another tablespoon of oil or of cooking water.

You can sprinkle it with some parmigiano cheese or, better, some pecorino romano.

And remember... cooking is fun...