Brown Butter Sauce

Name: Brown Butter Sauce
Yield: makes 1/2 cup; serves 4 over a pound of pasta as a first course
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 6 fresh sage leaves (torn into pieces) or 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves; 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste; Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg; 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

December 9, 2011

This is the easiest sauce you will ever make and a very tasty one, but then what doesn’t taste good when it’s drenched in butter? This is the perfect topping for stuffed pastas like ravioli, tortellini, and agnolloti.

Cooks' Note

The sage leaves are more traditional in this sauce, but I love the basil also. If neither of these herbs works for you, feel free to substitute your favorite herb.

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