Pasta with lemon sauce

Authentic Italian recipe

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Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • 350 gr. spaghetti
  • Salt
  • 3/4 cup cream tea
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 85 gr. grated parmesan
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Implementation

step 1

Boil the pasta al dente.

step 2

Peel a squash, grate it and cut it into thin slices. Scrape the remaining peel and place the zest in a saucepan.

step 3

Squeeze the lemon and place two tablespoons of its juice aside.

step 4

Add the cream to the saucepan with the lemon zest and simmer for about 2 minutes.

step 5

Lower the temperature to medium-low and add the butter, one tablespoon at a time, stirring until you get a creamy sauce. Remove from heat.

step 6

Just before your pasta is ready, remove 11/2 cups. teaspoon of their water and add 3/4 to the sauce. Return the pot to the heat and transfer the pasta to it.

step 7

Simmer, adding the parmesan little by little, stirring gradually, for about 3 minutes.

step 8

Add the lemon juice, salt and mix.

step 9

Serve and garnish with lemon peels and freshly ground pepper.