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Pasta with lemon, herbs and tomatoes

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Lemon butter pasta al limone

Glossy, sharp and ready in twenty minutes flat.

TOTAL TIME

20 min

SERVES

2

DIFFICULTY

Easy

What you’ll need

  • 250 g spaghetti
  • 60 g butter
  • 2 lemons, zested and juiced
  • 50 g Parmesan, finely grated
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • Handful of basil
  • Cracked black pepper

Method

  1. Boil the pasta in well-salted water.
  2. Melt butter with garlic; add lemon zest and juice.
  3. Drag the pasta into the pan with a mug of its water.
  4. Toss with Parmesan until glossy.
  5. Serve with basil and plenty of pepper.

Cook’s tip

The starchy pasta water is the sauce — save more than you think.

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Daria Lennox

Cookbook Author at Thistle & Thyme Table. Every recipe is cooked twice in our kitchen before it earns a place here.

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