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Dave Freer's avatar

I enjoy pasta with sage butter, but the management finds the sage too strong. :-(

Cedar Sanderson's avatar

Sage is tricky. This is a very sage-forward sauce. I wonder if it would be suitable with a different herb?

Francis Turner's avatar

Yes I was thinking that. What about Rosemary? I'll see if SWMBO is interested in trying that because our rosemary bushes are going mint-like and colonizing everywhere

Charles Fout's avatar

I just tried it with a half stick of butter and three shakes (from a tin) of both sage and thyme. It worked very well, and stood up to a couple shakes of basil on the pasta after serving.

Alice's avatar

The butter/sage sauce sounds good. I was thrilled to see the cornbread recipe, as that technique (pouring the hot fat into the batter) is how my grandmother made it - she used Crisco though. Rarely have I seen a cornbread recipe adding the preheated fat to the batter.

Back Porch Writer's avatar

I need to run this past my wife to see if she's interested, too. Thanks for sharing this, Ms. Cedar! 🙇‍♂️

Frank Nero's avatar

(The Management here is Sicilian.) What? Pasta without red sauce? Impossible.

Seriously, sounds delicious. We've run through numbers of sauce recipes/experiments over the years ... but no brown butter and sage. Interest piqued.

Jolie's avatar

Parmesan. I realized that you were describing Alfredo without cheese as seen in this video. IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BivfxrSpy54