Creamy Lemon Pasta
This creamy lemon pasta is perfect for a weeknight dinner or to share over the holidays.
Ingredients
- 450 g dry pasta
- 3 tbsp salt
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 lemons
- 5 cloves chopped garlic
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- cooked pasta
- ½ cup pasta water
- 1 cup grated pecorino romano
- 1 cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water up to a boil, season with salt, and begin to cook your pasta noodles of choice.450 g dry pasta, 3 tbsp salt
- Remove the zest from our 2 lemons and set that aside for later.2 lemons
- Into a large pan melt own butter with olive oil over medium heat.3 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp olive oil
- Add chopped garlic and cook for 2 minutes.5 cloves chopped garlic
- Add juice from our lemons, stir 1 minute.2 lemons
- Add heavy cream while stirring and black pepper.2 cups heavy cream, 1 tbsp black pepper
- Once the pasta is 75% done cooking, add it into the sauce along with some pasta water and pecorino romano, lemon zest, and parsley. Let this simmer to thicken the sauce while mixing.cooked pasta, ½ cup pasta water, 1 cup grated pecorino romano, 1 cup chopped parsley
- Once sauce is at our desired consistency remove and serve with more pecorino.
