This recipe is full of flavor and is quite healthy. It makes for a fast and easy dinner during the week or a comfort weekend dinner. The easy mustard and tarragon pantry pasta dish is a recipe you will cherish. The pasta cut is one of our favorites but you can use any cut that you have on hand. What goes great with this dish is crusty bread and a simple salad. We prefer a mix of butter greens and bitter lettuces. Feel free to kick it up with a dash of red pepper flakes. Don’t forget to use a good quality extra virgin olive oil and quality parmesan.
Easy Mustard & Tarragon Pantry Pasta Dish
This mustard and tarragon pantry pasta dish is so easy. This very simple pantry pasta recipe is the perfect answer to a quick dinner. Let our Mustard & Tarragon Rub do the heavy lifting with additional flavors of garlic, coriander, and dill that will transform that box of pasta you've been holding onto into a new favorite dinner option.
Ingredients
- 8 oz uncooked pasta
- 4 Tbs extra virgin olive oil plus more to finish
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 Tbs mustard & tarragon seasoning
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese grated, plus more for garnish
- 3 Tbs unsalted butter
- Cyprus flake salt to taste
- black peppercorns freshly ground to taste
- Lemon Zest for garnish
Instructions
- Bring 3 quarts of generously salted water to a boil in a large pot.
- Once boiling, add uncooked pasta and stir into water. Cook to al dente, about 2-3 minutes shorter than the suggested time on the package.
- While pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat.
- Add garlic, crushed red pepper, and Mustard & Tarragon rub, stir to combine
- Gently sauté garlic & spices until they begin to take on color, about 3 minutes.
- Retrieve 1 cup of pasta water from the pot and pour half of it into the sauté pan, be careful, pan will give off a lot of steam and will bubble up when water is added.
- When pasta is done, use tongs to remove the pasta from the pot and transfer directly to the sauté pan. Stir to coat with the garlic and oil mixture.
- Add remaining 1/2 cup of pasta water, grated parmesan, butter, salt, and pepper.
- Cook, stirring frequently until sauce has thickened and is glossy.
- Finish with lemon zest, olive oil, and more grated parmesan. Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
