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Caramelized Onion Pasta

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A speckled white plate with caramelized onion pasta and a black fork on the side.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Kate Buckens

All you need for this outrageously tasty dinner is a bag of onions, a couple cloves of garlic, some dried pasta, and cheese. Caramelizing sliced onions in a little butter and olive oil turns them sweet and yielding, almost luscious. Pasta water and Parmesan do double duty, adding salt and depth while the creamy sauce forms.

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