The weather is getting cooler, and we’re craving comfort food like pasta more and more.

This Italian pasta dish is a great way to use up stale bread.

Sourdough is perfect for this recipe; it gives the pasta great texture and flavour.

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Serves 4-5

Ingredients

1 pack spaghetti, cooked to pack directions
½ loaf stale or almost stale bread
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
¼ bunch parsley, roughly chopped
Extra virgin olive oil
Parmesan cheese, grated

Method

Cook pasta as per pack directions.

Tear the bread into pieces and place in a food processor with the garlic and parsley. Blitz for about 45 seconds, then add two tablespoons of olive oil and blitz for about 20 more seconds.

Heat a frypan over medium heat. Add two tablespoons of olive oil and the crumbs, and fry until the garlic is fragrant. Add more olive oil if the crumbs look to dry.

Add drained spaghetti to the pan, season with salt and pepper and toss everything together.

Divide between serving plates, drizzle over olive oil, top with Parmesan cheese and eat immediately.