Pasta al Limone

By John, 5 May, 2025
Region
Italy
Campania
Description

"Pasta with lemon sauce"Maccheroni al Limone is a delicious light pasta dish for summer. A small serving makes a great appetizer because it wakes up your taste buds without filling you up.

This is also good with angel hair pasta and some filled pastas.

Yield
8 Servings
Preparation time
5 minutes
Cooking time
10 minutes
Total time
15 minutes
Ingredients
3 Lemon (Zest and juice)
6 T Butter (Unsalted)
16 oz Long Dried Pasta
1 oz Fresh grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
Instructions
  1. Put the pasta water on to boil.
  2. Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water until about half cooked.
  3. In a large skillet, put the butter and the grated lemon zest. When the butter is done foaming reduce the heat
  4. When the pasta is half-cooked add two ladles of hot cooking water and the lemon juice to the butter mixture and mix well. Return it to the boil over high heat.
  5. Using a strainer, move the pasta into the skillet to finish cooking. See Note.
  6. Finish cooking the spaghetti. When the pasta is almost cooked but there's still some water, add the grated cheese and mix well. The cheese will melt into the water and make an emulsion that coats the pasta.
  7. Divide the lemon pasta into plates. If you like, garnish with parsley and a slice of lemon or some more lemon zest.
Notes

If moving the pasta with a strainer is too difficult or messy, then scoop out about two cups of the water in case you need it later, and drain the pasta normally. Because you finish the cooking in the skillet, you must be sure that you have enough water.

Source

Traditional