Pasta with Marmite

Serves 2

• 200g pasta
• 30g butter
• 1 tsp Marmite
• 0 parmesan
• 0 Black pepper

Step 1
Adjust the quantities to your taste.

Step 2
Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of generously salted boiling water, according to the packet instructions, until al dente.

Step 3
Just before you drain it, reserve a cupful of the cooking water.

Step 4
As the pasta drains in the colander, set to work on the sauce.

Step 5
Melt the butter (in the same pan that you cooked the pasta in) with the Marmite and pour in the reserved pasta cooking water, then tip the drained pasta back into the pan.

Step 6
Toss it around to coat the pasta completely, then transfer to bowls or plates, cover with a healthy mound of parmesan and a grinding of black pepper, with more of both on the side.