Browned Butter Mizithra Cheese Spaghetti
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This is our all time favorite dish to order whenever we go to the Old Spaghetti Factory!! If you haven’t tried this, please make this recipe, you will love it!!
Caramel Browned Butter and sharp Mizithra Cheese make a perfect combination when added to a big bowl of hot spaghetti.
This dish is SO easy to make on your own and you will save SO much money making this at home! Your fam will love this and you will love that it costs less than $10 to make, opposed to spending $50 to take everyone out!! I promise this will be requested over and over!!
Where Can I Buy Mizithra Cheese?
Now a days it seems that every store has a specialty cheese section! Look there!! I have even seen it at Costco. I like to buy it in a small wedge, grate it and freeze what I don’t use, so I always have some on hand.
This is an easy go to recipe when you have company stop by or have a house full of hungry teenagers and 10 of their friends, which is a natural occurrence around here! You will impress them all with your cooking skills!!!
Serve this with some GARLIC BUTTER BROCCOLI or a simple SIDE SALAD.
Other Pasta Recipes to Try:
Pasta is a staple at our home, because it is so affordable, versatile and can feed a lot of people. These are some of our favorite pasta dishes that I hope you will give a try:
Browned Butter and Mizithra Cheese Recipe
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Browned Butter and Mizithra Cheese Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Thin Spaghetti Pasta
- 1 cup butter, salted
- 1 cup Mizithra cheese, grated
- 1 tbsp pasta water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped for garnish
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions in salted water. Reserve a tablespoon of pasta water for browned butter sauce.
- In a large skillet melt butter and bring to a boil continuously stirring until butter is bubbly, brown and fragrant. (it will almost smell like caramel and will be a dark brown color)
- Add cooked pasta and tablespoon of pasta water to skillet, toss to cover in browned butter. Sprinkle with mizithra, salt and pepper and parsley.
- Serve from the skillet or transfer to a large platter or bowl! Enjoy!!
Notes
- Nutrition facts are just an estimate
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