Spaghetti al Limone - Classic Lemon Pasta Recipe - The Pasta Queen

Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Pasta). The perfect balance of pasta, lemon, garlic and cream, an Italian classic.
Ingredients:
- Heavy Cream
- A Small Lemon
- 4 tbsp Butter
- 1 Garlic Clove
- 200 g Spaghetti (serves 2 people)
- 2-3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
- Flakey Salt
- Parsley (for garnish)
(For a vegan alternative, skip the heavy cream and butter! It’s a classic and absolutely delicious.)
Recipe:
1. Mince one garlic clove and sizzle it in a pan with extra virgin olive oil.
2. As the garlic is sizzling, boil the pasta (don’t forget to save about 1 cup of pasta water!)
3. Add 4 tbsp of butter.
4. Add the zest of a small lemon. (save some zest for the perfect garnish)
5. Mix in the juice of a small lemon and let it cook for a few seconds.
6. Then mix in the heavy cream and add a pinch of salt.
7. Drain the pasta and mix it into the sauce until your pasta really absorbs all that delicious flavor.
Useful tip:
Sprinkle some finely chopped parsley and lemon zest for garnish to make your dish as gorgeous as you are!
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you can also add half cup of unsweetened coconut cream and some garlic salt .

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Made this today for lunch, it was incredible! It was a little bit lemony so I added more parmesan. Delicious! Thanks for the recipe :>

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I made this vegan and gluten free, and it was INSANE. 😍 I subbed the cream for soy milk, butter for vegan butter, sea salt instead of flakey, and I used chick pea pasta (I'm gluten intolerant). The measurements were perfect, and everything blended together beautifully. Light, filling, fragrant.

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I made this with frying a little onion before the garlic and adding some chopped basil and spinach when the pasta goes in the sauce pot. And i made mine with linguine and scampi. The basil really complements the lemon. It was delicious! Ok wait... this just sounds like a completely different recipe 😂

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I read one of the comments saying how good this was, and earlier today I saw her make this recipe on her guest appearance with Drew Barrymore. Since I had all the ingredients, I decided to make this for dinner. The sauce was a bit runny at first but I added some pasta water and kept stirring on low heat for 5 minutes until it thickened. I think this is called 'mantecatura'. I would never get it this creamy because I was cooking the whole 400g package of pasta. This time I weighed out only 200g and it was perfect! I would definitely make this again. Thank you for the fabulous recipe, Pasta Queen!

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Just finished eating it such a delicious recipe ☺️ thanks

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This is a new flavor for pasta, never tried this before.

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Just made this for dinner tonight and it was amazing! I needed to add more cream for my taste but it was perfect. New house favorite!

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Mi piace questa pasta. Grazie Nadia!!

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Simple with passion love it