Begin by putting a pot of water to boil and salt it heavily. The water should almost be as salty as ocean water. Once your water is boiling, pour in the dry pasta and set a time for how long your pasta has to cook. While the water is boiling/the pasta is cooking, work on the garlic!
Peel and thinly slice the cloves of garlic. If you're on a time crunch, feel free to just put the garlic through a garlic press and move on. On medium-low heat, in 1 tbsp butter, saute the garlic. Lightly salt the garlic if you would like. Keep an eye on the garlic while its cooking so it doesn't burn. The garlic can go from a beautiful golden brown to burnt black crisps in a matter of seconds.
When the garlic becomes that beautiful golden brown put the pasta in. Don't strain the pasta because you will lose all of the yummy pasta water. Instead, use a big spoon with holes to transfer the pasta into the pan with the cooked garlic. Then grab a ladle and pour 2-3 ladle fulls into the pasta and garlic mixture. Add 3 tablespoons of butter (or olive oil if you prefer that) and mix the pasta.
Plate the pasta and top it with parmesan, mozzarella, and red pepper flakes. (If you're not a fan of spice, you can completely omit those and it will still be great!) And enjoy!
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