Butter And Fresh Sage Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup butter (to taste)
• 10 fresh whole sage leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 1 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, lay in the sage leaves and heat until the butter is sizzling gently. toast the leaves for 1 minute or so.
• 2 ladle in 1 cup boiling pasta water; stir the sauce and simmer for about 2 minutes and reduce liquid by half before adding pasta. grind the black pepper directly into the sauce. add lemon juice.
• 3 keep the sauce hot over very low heat; return to a simmer just before adding pasta
• 4 finish cooked pasta and sauce in the skillet. off the heat, toss in the cheese just before serving.