Pasta and Eggs alla Nonna

from Laudicio

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
8 eggs
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1 lb. spaghettini
4 sprigs flat leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 stick butter
3/4 cup freshly grated parmigiano
black pepper
red pepper flakes

Put pasta in large pot of boiling salted water

Start sauce while cooking pasta.

Over medium flame in non-reactive sautÈ pan add olive oil and butter, add garlic (do not brown), slide the eggs in (do not break yolk), turn flame to high salt, pepper, parsley taste

The object is to cook the eggs so the white is crisp and the yolk still soft

Drain pasta when al dente, add to eggs, finish with extra virgin olive oil and the parmigiano cheese.

Grandma Laudisio use to make this for breakfast when the weather turned cold.