Cheeky Pasta from SMH
Lemon garlic pasta smh good food
8 march 2024 8:25 spaghetti assassina meets pasta limone
Sprinkle some pesto, mushroom tapenade, and roasted baby tomatoes.
Ingredients
4 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp butter
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
zest of 2 large lemons
juice of 1 lemon
500g spaghetti
2½-3 cups vegetable or chicken stock (or water)
100g parmesan, finely grated using a Microplane, plus extra to serve
4 tbsp cream
chilli flakes, to serve
Method
Step 1
Add the olive oil and butter to a frying pan over a low-medium heat. Once the pan is hot and the butter has melted, add the garlic and lemon zest, cooking briefly, until fragrant and the garlic is soft, about 1 minute. Add the lemon juice then add the spaghetti and cook, undisturbed, until the pasta takes on a little caramelisation.
Step 2
Add the stock a ladleful at a time and cook, trying not to disturb the pasta, for 10-12 minutes − you want the liquid to have reduced quite significantly and the pasta to be just al dente; any residual liquid will have thickened with the starches released from the pasta.