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Heart Pasta With Brown Butter and Parmesan

Heart pasta in a toasty brown butter sauce with sprinkled parmesan cheese makes this adorable lunch incredibly delicious with very little extra work.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 lunchboxes
Course: Lunch , Dinner
Cuisine: Italian , American

Ingredients

  • 1 package heart shaped pasta
  • 1 tick butter 8 tablespoons
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • strawberries optional, for lunchbox
  • grapes optional, for lunchbox
  • heart shaped sweet treat optional, for lunchbox

Instructions

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  1. Cook pasta according to package directions.
  2. Make the brown butter sauce; heat a sauce pan over medium heat. Add a stick of butter (if you slice it, it will melt more evenly) and whisk frequently. Continue to cook the butter. Once the melted butter foams up a bit, subside and remove it from the heat. Smell the butter; it should have a nutty aroma when it is done and amber in color with brown specks at the bottom of the pan.
  3. Place cooked pasta into the main compartment of the lunchbox and drizzle brown butter sauce over along with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
  4. In one side compartment add strawberries and grapes.
  5. In the other side compartment add your preferred sweet treat; I used shortbread heart cookies.