Pasta with Mint and Parmesan

Name: Pasta with Mint and Parmesan
Yield: makes 4 servings
Ingredients: Salt and black pepper to taste; 1 pound cut pasta, such as ziti or penne, or long pasta, such as linguine or spaghetti; 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, cut into pieces; About 1/2 cup not-too-finely chopped fresh mint leaves; 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

December 14, 2011

There is something about the sprightliness, the lightly assaultive, somehow-sweet nature of mint that is unlike any other herb. Here, softened by butter and cheese, to which it in turn lends spark, it converts a simple and basic but undeniably heavy combination into an easy but complex pasta dish that can best be described as refreshing.

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