Pappardelle with Brown Butter Sage Sauce

Ingredients

• 8 ounce package of pappardelle (Trader Joe’s sells a good one!)
• 2 strips bacon, cooked crispy and chopped
• ½ medium onion, julienne cut
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
• 1 ½ tablespoons sherry
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter
• Parsley (small handful), fresh and chopped
• Sage (small handful), fresh and chopped
• Salt and pepper
• Parmesan (wide shred or grated)

Directions

1. Start cooking pappardelle.
2. Sauté onion in dry, non-stick pan.
3. Add garlic and olive oil to lightly brown.
4. Add sherry and reduce by half.
5. Add butter and cook until nicely browned and nutty-scented.
6. Immediately remove from heat and add parsley, sage, cooked bacon, Parmesan, salt, and pepper.
7. Stir well, add pappardelle, and toss very well.