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Ingredients

  • 1 pound Lidia's Fettuccine
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter (12 tablespoons), or more to taste
  • 10 whole fresh sage leaves
  • 1 cup hot water from the pot of your pasta of choice
  • 1 cup Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, grated

Yield

Serves: 6

Preparation

Bring 4 to 5 quarts of salted water to a boil and add the fettuccine; stir periodically.

While fettuccine cooks, melt the butter in a saut pan over medium heat until just foaming. Gently lay the sage in the pan and heat until the leaves crisp up, about a minute.

Ladle in 1 cup boiling pasta water; stir the sauce, and simmer for about 2 minutes, reducing liquid by half. Grind the black pepper directly into the sauce.

Keep the sauce hot over very low heat; return to a simmer, and immediately add cooked pasta to the sauce. Toss with the sauce, then remove from heat, and sprinkle with cheese just before serving.