"Buttered noodles are one of the best comfort food dishes out there. There is something very homey about eating the slippery-slidey and carby pasta noodles topped with a copious amount of rich, salty butter. While much of the beauty of this dish is in its simplicity, there are numerous ways to doctor up your buttered pasta to give it a more sophisticated and adult flavor, and you can make yours extra savory by adding anchovies."
"Rather than adding whole filets to your dish, you'll want to whip up a 3-ingredient anchovy butter by cooking the anchovies on a stove with some melted butter until they dissolve. Then, after it's cooled, you'll simply add the melted butter to a separate container of softened butter and parsley. When you're ready to serve, add a scoop to the top of your noodles and dive in."
"Although noodles and anchovy butter are technically a perfectly fine two-component meal, you could also add even more flavor by incorporating other ingredients to your butter pasta. A sprinkle of grated Parmesan would play well off the richness of the pasta and highlight the savory notes in the sauce. Not to mention, who doesn't love cheesy noodles? You could also ground the dish by adding additional fresh parsley or serving your noodles alongside a fresh green salad."
Buttered noodles gain savory complexity when topped with an anchovy compound butter. Make anchovy butter by cooking anchovies in melted butter until they dissolve, cooling the mixture, then stirring the melted anchovy butter into softened butter with chopped parsley. Serve a scoop atop hot noodles so the umami, salty anchovy flavor balances the rich butter. Optional additions include grated Parmesan, extra fresh parsley, or a green salad. For non-anchovy versions, use herb mixtures (parsley, dill, lemon zest, chives, Italian seasoning) or a miso-Parmesan butter for a savory, rich alternative. These variations keep the comforting simplicity while elevating flavor.
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