Gochujang Butter Pasta
Simple pasta with a gochujang butter sauce
main mealpasta
Time—
Yield2 portions
Energy374 kcal
Components0
Ingredients
- 120gpasta, penne, dried
- Sauce
- 15gbutter
- 3clovegarlicminced
- 25ggochujang paste
- 50mlpasta cooking waterreserved
- 1mlpasta cooking wateras necessary
- remove from heat
- 40gyoghurt, greek, homemade
- 10glime juice
- 20gcheese, parmesan
- 0.125tspmonosodium glutamate
- 0.25tspspice, pepper
- 0.25tspspice, chilli flakes
- 1mlpasta cooking wateras necessary
- 10perherb, basil, leaf≈ 7 g herb, basil, leaf
- 2perscallion≈ 22.5 g scallion
Instructions
Process
- Pasta
- Cook in salted water until al dente
- Reserve 200ml pasta water and drain
- Sauce
- Melt the butter over medium-low
- Add the garlic, cook 45s until fragrant
- Add the gochujang, cook 30 seconds, stirring
- Add 50ml pasta water, whisk until it becomes a smooth sauce
- Add the drained pasta and toss
- Add more pasta water gradually until it turns glossy and lightly creamy
- Remove from heat
- Stir in the yoghurt and parmesan, toss until silky
- Add the msg, pepper, chilli flakes, toss well. Add a little more pasta water if necessary for looseness.
- Fold in the basil.
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 374 | 748 |
| Protein | 14.0 | 27.9 |
| Carbohydrates | 50.9 | 101.8 |
| Total Sugars | 6.3 | 12.7 |
| Free Sugars | 4.2 | 8.4 |
| Fat | 11.1 | 22.2 |
| Saturated Fat | 6.8 | 13.5 |
| Fibre | 3.5 | 7.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Iron | 1.95 | 3.9 |
| Calcium | 170 | 339 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.473 | 0.945 |
| Omega 3 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Magnesium | 9.74 | 19.5 |
| Potassium | 66.6 | 133 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £0.84 | £1.68 |