BROWN BUTTER PASTA

I first tasted brown butter as a kid when my Mom, at Thanksgiving, used to brown butter and pour it over a vat of steamed cauliflower then topped it with breadcrumbs...wonderful !!!!

Browning of butter adds so much taste to the butter and combined with pasta just MAKES SENSE!!

Ingredients:

1/2 lb fettuccine or tagliatelle

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter

1/4 cup pine nuts

4 eggs

Fresh ground pepper

Fresh parmesan cheese

grated nutmeg

salt

Prepare pasta according to package instructions and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water. Melt butter over medium heat. Add the pine nuts and cook stirring often until golden brown about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon remove pine nuts to a bowl, Crack eggs into the pan and spoon butter over the yolks until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny about 3 minutes. Transfer the eggs to a plate.

In the pan of browned butter, add the pasta and half the pine nuts and stir in some of the pasta water to create a sauce. Season with salt and pepper.

Serve by dividing the pasta between 4 plates and serve with a fried egg. Sprinkle on remaining pine nuts, parmesan cheese and some grated nutmeg.

Don't let the egg bother you...FABULOUS!!!

ENJOY!