- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/8 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2/3 pound mushrooms, sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound spaghettini
- 3 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
- In a medium frying pan, heat the olive oil over moderately low heat. Add the garlic and the red-pepper flakes and cook, stirring, until the garlic softens, about 1 minute. Add the sliced mushrooms and the salt and cook until the mushrooms exude liquid, the liquid evaporates, and the mushrooms begin to brown, about 5 minutes.
- In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the spaghettini until just done, about 9 minutes. Drain and toss with the mushroom mixture, the parsley, and the pepper.