Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Ingredients
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- Pasta (as needed), I used Fettuccine, (Cooked Until Al Dente)
- 1/2 stick Butter
- Garlic cloves 4-5 (chopped fine)
- Yellow Onion 1( chopped fine)
- 2 whole Lemon, Juiced (use less if the lemons are big. the ones I used were small ones)
- 3/4 cups Heavy Cream
- 1/4 cup White Wine
- 1-1/2 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Salt And Freshly Ground Black Pepper, To Taste
- 20 whole Basil Leaves, Chopped
- Mint leave 1 tbsp torn
- Red Chillie Flakes- as per taste
- Mixed Italian Herb – 1 tbsp
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Enjoy this! It’s a little outside of the norm…a refreshing (and ridiculously easy) 15 min dinner meal.
- Cook pasta, reserving 1 cup of hot pasta water when you drain.
- Set pasta aside in a colander.
- In a pot, melt butter over medium heat.
- Sauté the garlic and onions till fragrant and translucent.
- Add the mixed Italian herbs.
- Squeeze in the juice of 2 lemons. Whisk together.
- Pour in cream and the wine.
- Whisk until hot.
- Dump in cheese and whisk until melted. Add salt and pepper.
- Add some chopped up basil to it.
- Check consistency, adding some of the hot pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed.
- Add the drained pasta to the sauce and stir it so that the pasta is coated well with the sauce.
- Pour pasta and sauce into a large serving bowl. Sprinkle remaining basil and mint all over the top,..
- Top it with some red chillies flakes and grated cheese..
- Serve immediately!
Serving Suggestion
Top it with some red chilli flakes and grated cheese.
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