Easy Pasta - Emil Alsbo, Morten Kaltoft

Pasta has never been easier. Great taste in a short time.Anyone can make really good pasta with few ingredients. You just haveto follow the very simple instructions in the new cookbook Easy Pasta,which will be published on November 12th by the newly founded publis-hing company O16 Books.The book was created by the people behind the Copenhagen favoriteOsteria 16. Easy Pasta is their third cookbook. Where the first two cook-books are presents well-known dishes from the restaurants, Easy Pastaonly contains recipes in one category: Pasta! - 36 different kinds thatanyone can make.“The dishes can be made with few ingredients in a short time and tastegreat,” says Emil Alsbo, who together with Morten Kalto! opened the firstOsteria 16 in 2014.The result is a book that is informal and straightforward. “Sometimescooking should just be cooking. Not something with tweezers and fancy,folded napkins,” says Emil Alsbo.If you have a good base of very basic Italian ingredients in your kitchen,you hardly need to shop. One of the book’s recipes consists of just garlic,anchovies, chili and parmesan, plus pasta and olive oil. A simple dish withgreat umami that is also popular on Osteria 16’s Instagram profile, wherea video of the dish has 16 million views.Easy Pasta contains pictures of all the dishes, impressions from trips toItaly and recommendations for restaurants around the country.Each recipe is written in both Danish and English.