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This is my daughter Nikki’s favourite spaghetti dish. I developed this rather simple recipe for her after she had the dish in a restaurant and asked if I could duplicate it if she described it to me; she did and I, according to her, did. The only real trick to this recipe is separating the milk solids from the browned clarified butter. If done correctly, the browned liquid will impart a decidedly caramel flavour.
1. Cook the spaghetti according to package directions for al dente.
2. While the pasta is cooking, cut each stick of butter into 8 pieces. Melt the butter in a medium-sized sauce pan over medium heat, stirring constantly. As the butter cooks, it will begin foaming. Continue stirring to avoid the butter overflowing the pan; after about 5 minutes or so of constant stirring, the butter will stop foaming and subside. Continue cooking until the butter turns amber (brown) in colour. You’ll find that when properly cooked, the browned butter will have a pleasant caramel aroma.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and, with a tablespoon, carefully skim and discard the milk solids from the surface until only the caramel coloured liquid remains. Have patience, as this will take a little while. Carefully strain the browned butter through a fine sieve into a microwave safe bowl.
4. When the pasta finishes cooking, remove from the stove and drain into a large bowl in which ¼ of the Myzithra has been placed and toss to distribute. Reheat the browned butter in the microwave and distribute the heated browned butter over the pasta and toss to distribute. Top the buttered pasta with a 1/2 cup of the remaining Myzithra and toss. Divide the pasta among 4 plates, garnish each plate with a little of the parsley and serve immediately with the remaining grated Myzithra on the side for the real cheese lovers.
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guarinomom on 4.5.2010
This was just like my husband and I remember from a restaurant that we used to go to when we were dating. It was NOT hard to prepare and even our young children gobbled it up! Thank you for a great recipe that will be added into our rotation.
karadaisy on 3.21.2010
I love this dish! They have it at the Old Spaghetti Factory and I always order it!!
calou84523 on 3.18.2010
How did the spaghetti myzithra turnout?
Pam P on 3.16.2010
Now how did you know I was craving this exact dish?? spooky! I saw myzithra at the store the other day and was reminded of this dish and now I am off to go pick some up!