Lemon Pasta, a simple and quick dish to prepare that will surprise your guests. You can make lemon pasta with your preferred pasta; I used egg tonnarelli and also appreciate it with fettuccine, but you can easily prepare it with egg-free pasta without sacrificing taste.
The key to making good lemon pasta is choosing organic lemons if possible because we need to use the peel; while grating the lemon peel, always be careful not to grate the white part as it would taste bitter.
You can prepare the pasta sauce while the water is boiling because it only takes a few minutes, so any occasion is a good one to make this dish.
Given the increasingly hectic daily life, I remind you of other delicious recipes to prepare in a few minutes to always vary your daily menu.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Energy 645.38 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 92.06 (g) of which sugars 4.74 (g)
- Proteins 17.37 (g)
- Fat 25.29 (g) of which saturated 4.42 (g)of which unsaturated 1.48 (g)
- Fibers 4.60 (g)
- Sodium 326.92 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 245 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 17.6 oz egg spaghetti alla chitarra
- 3 lemons (only the zest)
- 1 knob butter
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 container cooking cream
- 1/2 onion
- to taste salt
- 2 bunches parsley
Tools
To make preparing lemon pasta easier, I recommend a good large pan and a handheld grater for the lemon zest
- 1 Grater
- 1 Pan Aeternum
Preparation
The preparation of lemon pasta is quick and very simple
Put a large pot with at least two liters of salted water on the stove and bring to a boil. While the water reaches the temperature to cook the pasta, wash the lemons thoroughly and grate the zest into a dish, being careful not to grate the white part as it would taste bitter. Wash and dry the parsley and chop only the leaves. Set aside the grated lemon zest and chopped parsley leaves as they will be needed only after the pasta is cooked. Meanwhile, finely chop the onion and place it in the pan along with the knob of butter and extra virgin olive oil, let the onion soften over the heat and when cooked, it should not color, turn off the heat.
When the water boils, throw in the pasta and cook it for the minutes indicated on the package; personally, as I need to return it to the pan, I turn off the heat about a minute before the indicated time. Turn the heat back on under the pan and with the help of a slotted spoon, drain the pasta and transfer it to the pan. You should not drain the pasta with a colander because a little cooking water will be needed to toss the pasta well, and if you simply lift it directly from the pot, the necessary amount of water will naturally remain. Add the cream and mix the pasta well until it is homogeneous, and the right creamy sauce has formed; this will take about 2-3 minutes. If by mistake it is drying up too much, depending on the type of pasta used, just add more cooking water.
Turn off the heat and add the grated lemon zest and chopped parsley with the heat off, season with salt according to your taste and immediately serve the hot and creamy pasta. If you wait too long to serve it, it will tend to dry out.
NOTES
The advice is to consume the lemon pasta immediately after preparation, but if you want to store it, also keep some cooking water in a glass jar and use it when reheating the pasta to return it to the right consistency.
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