[[!meta title="Brown Butter & Sage Pasta"]]

Adapted from Jennifer Garner and "The Last Thing He Told Me" television show

6280 cal/recipe

## Ingredients

+ 2 lb dry linguine pasta
+ 2 c reserved pasta water
+ 16 tbsp unsalted butter
+ 3/4 oz (48 leaves) fresh sage, washed and de-stemmed
+ 2 fresh lemons, juiced
+ 3 c grated Parmesan cheese
+ 2 tsp salt
+ 1 tsp ground black pepper

## Directions

+ Bring large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta until al dente.
+ Drain pasta while reserving 2 c of cooking water.
+ In large sauce pan on medium heat, melt butter.
+ Add sage leaves to butter, and cook until butter browns and sage is almost crispy (~ 7 min).
+ Stir in lemon juice.
+ Combine pasta and butter sauce and toss to evenly coat.
+ Stir in reserved pasta water and cook over medium heat until water is absorbed.
+ Stir in parmesan, salt, and pepper.

## Note

+ For a fancier appearance, remove sage leaves before adding butter sauce to pasta.

[[!tag pasta butter sage]]