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Pasta with a Lemon Cream Sauce

By John, 27 September, 2020
Region
Italy
Description

Pasta with Lemon Cream SauceI stumbled upon this recipe in a cookbook that I inherited from Richmond and Annette, with the page corner turned down. Naturally I had to investigate. It's summery, delicious, and very easy!

Yield
4 Servings
Preparation time
15 minutes
Ingredients
16 oz Spaghetti
1 c Heavy Cream
1⁄2 Lemon, juice of
1 Lemon Zest
1⁄4 c Vodka
1⁄8 t Nutmeg
Instructions
  1. Boil the water for the pasta.
  2. Cook the pasta.
  3. Put the cream in a skillet to warm it up.
  4. Using a microplane, grate the zest from the lemon into the cream and let it warm for 5 minutes.
  5. CUt the lemon in half and squeeze half of it into the lemon-cream mixture. Use a strainer to catch the lemon seeds.
  6. Add the vodka and push up the heat to get it almost to the boil.
  7. Drain the pasta and toss it with the sauce, then put a grating of fresh nutmeg on top. Serve hot.

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