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simmer · herb sauce

NATIONAL AWARD WINNERPrep 5 minCook 15 min

Garlic Red Herb Sauce

Independent adaptation of a publicly published James Beard recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by James Beard.

NOODLE SAUCE · SPAGHETTI & NOODLES

In the published recipe, this is the noodle sauce for spaghetti aglio e olio.

James Beard's aglio e olio sauce for spaghetti.

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GARLIC HERB

Method
simmer
Yield
about ¾ cup
Ingredients
7
Jar batch
1.55× recipe
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Ratio

Ratio by volume: OLIVE OIL 80 ml, WATER 60 ml
OLIVE OIL 80 mlWATER 60 ml

Ingredients

  • Olive Oil1/3 cup EVOO (80 ml)
  • Garlic5 cloves finely minced
  • Salt1 tsp kosher (in oil) (6 g)
  • Red Pepper1/2 tsp optional (1 g)
  • Pepper1/2 tsp freshly ground (1 g)
  • Parsley1/4 cup chopped optional (10 g)
  • Water1/4 cup pasta water reserved (60 ml)

Method

  1. Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): OLIVE OIL, WATER.
  2. Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add GARLIC. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
  3. Add by count: ¼ BUNCH PARSLEY.
  4. Season to finish: SALT (about 1½ tsp), RED PEPPER (about ¾ tsp), PEPPER (about ¾ tsp).
  5. Cap the jar and shake until combined.
  6. Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Portland-born American cook and teacher whose New York cooking school and cookbooks shaped mid-century American cuisine; namesake of the James Beard Foundation awards.

Originally published as Aglio e Olio Sauce.

Adapted from a recipe published by James Beard in James Beard Foundation (adapted from Beard original).

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FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 1.55× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from James Beard Foundation (adapted from Beard original) (published as “Aglio e Olio Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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