Unbelievably Creamy Garlic & Green Olive Pasta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• pasta
• green olives
• fresh garlic
• olive oil
• whipping cream or light cream or half-and-half
• parmesan cheese
• black pepper
• parsley

Recipe

• 1 put on a big pot of water to boil.
• 2 pick out your pasta, cook it al dente and keep it hot you can use spaghetti, capellini, vermicelli, or linguini, whatever you prefer.
• 3 after you've made this once, and you know how long it takes for you to make the sauce, you make everything come up ready at the same time.
• 4 get some green olives.
• 5 any kind you want, really.
• 6 i just get a bottle of cheap salad olives.
• 7 there are usually a lot of pimento pieces floating around in there.
• 8 we like the color, but i'm afraid the ol' frugal gourmet would not approve.
• 9 you can get a bit fancier if you want.
• 10 chop up the olives a bit, not tiny.
• 11 next the garlic.
• 12 ok, you have to use fresh for this, no powder, not even the jar of pre-chopped.
• 13 those are okay for some things, and i do use them often.
• 14 however, if you use anything other than fresh garlic in this recipe, you will not be impressed, and you will never make this again.
• 15 i will weep.
• 16 don't do that to me.
• 17 take your fresh garlic clove, wrap it in that flat rubber disc you use to open jars.
• 18 just roll it up in there, then roll it back and forth on the countertop a few times.
• 19 unwrap it, and the peel should be off or mostly off.
• 20 do this with lots of garlic cloves.
• 21 lots.
• 22 at least a couple per person you're feeding.
• 23 slice the garlic, but not too thinly.
• 24 in a hot non-stick sauté pan, put a little olive oil, the fresh sliced garlic and a lot of chopped green olives.
• 25 be generous.
• 26 a handful per person is a good start.
• 27 sauté the garlic and olives just a bit, being careful not to let the garlic brown, or it may become bitter.
• 28 add some light cream, and bring to a simmer.
• 29 cook over low heat until the liquid has been reduced by almost half, and it is thick, stirring very often.
• 30 pour this over the hot pasta, sprinkle generously with parmesan, chopped parsley (fresh is best, but i usually only have dried) and black pepper, preferably fresh from the pepper mill.
• 31 toss.
• 32 serve immediately.
• 33 bow.
• 34 but be humble.