Description
This buttery cabbage pasta turns a single head of cabbage into a cozy weeknight dinner. The cabbage cooks slowly in butter until golden and sweet, then gets tossed with pasta and finished with plenty of Parmesan.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 small head green cabbage, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of black pepper
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- 12 ounces short pasta such as bow ties or orecchiette
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for serving
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package. Before draining, reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water.
- While the water comes to a boil and the pasta cooks, heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add the sliced cabbage, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes, until the cabbage cooks way down and becomes soft, golden, and slightly sweet. Stir in a pinch of red pepper flakes.
- Add the cooked pasta directly to the skillet with the cabbage. Toss everything together, adding a splash of the reserved pasta water as needed to loosen the sauce and help everything come together.
- Serve warm with lots of freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top.