Pasta al Limone
Simple Amalfi-style pasta in a bright, buttery lemon cream sauce. Tossing the pasta with butter, lemon juice and starchy pasta water off the heat emulsifies the sauce into something silky instead of it splitting and turning oily.
Total time
17 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
12 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Italian
comfortpastavegetarian
Ingredients
400gspaghetti or linguine
4 tbspunsalted butter
zest of 2 lemons
juice of 1 lemon
½ cupparmesan, grated
½ cuppasta water
fresh basilto serve
saltto taste
Instructions
1
Cook pasta al dente; reserve 1 cup water.
2
Melt butter; add lemon zest; cook 30 seconds.
3
Add pasta, lemon juice, pasta water; toss until emulsified.
4
Remove from heat; add parmesan; toss. Serve with basil.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.
Calories
357
Protein
22.6g
Fat
28.7g
Carbs
2.4g
Fiber
0g
Sodium
906mg
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