Creamy Lemon Pasta – Food with Feeling

Flavorful meals shouldn’t be difficult, and this Creamy Lemon Pasta is about so simple as it will get! Good for a light-weight lunch or dinner, and even as a facet dish, it is a nice meal to make if you’re brief on time or meal-prepping forward of a busy week. I like making a giant batch of this to get pleasure from for a fast lunch all week lengthy.

Children and adults will love this straightforward pasta recipe! Customise it to finest match your loved ones’s tastes, or put together as written within the recipe card. Both method, I hope you get pleasure from it!

Why you’ll love this recipe

• Fast & straightforward. A straightforward-to-make pasta dish that makes use of easy pantry staples and is all cooked in a single pan. Prepared in underneath half-hour!
• Very tasty. The flavors of this recipe will depart you desirous to go for seconds. And it’s a superb complement to a wide range of cuisines. Serve it as a facet with hen, salmon or pork.
• A family-friendly recipe. This pasta will not be a type of meals you’ll have to fear about whether or not the children will eat. It really works for everybody!

Elements wanted

This unimaginable lemon pasta is definitely tremendous easy with simply 6 core elements, however it tastes actually fancy. All you’ll want is:

• Pasta. We used fusilli noodles, however any lengthy or brief pasta will work. Use entire wheat, gluten free, or every other pasta of alternative.
• Lemon juice + zest. Use contemporary lemon juice and zest to provide this dish a stunning, shiny and sunny taste.
• Butter. Thickens the sauce and makes it wealthy and decadent.
• Heavy cream. For all that scrumptious creaminess!
• Garlic. Garlic is just about a should in any pasta dish.
• Salt + contemporary black pepper. Brings out the entire scrumptious taste!
• Parmesan cheese. I extremely advocate shopping for a high-quality parm and grating it your self. As a result of this recipe accommodates so few elements, high quality actually counts.

Tips on how to make this recipe

This lemon garlic pasta recipe couldn’t be extra easy! It’s prepared in only a few straightforward steps! Right here’s a fast rundown of the method:

1. Prepare dinner the pasta. Make the noodles in response to package deal instructions till al dente. You need it to be *barely* undercooked as it can cook dinner a little bit extra within the skillet with the sauce. Be sure you save ½ cup of the pasta water.
2. Make the sauce. When the pasta has 5 minutes left, begin the sauce. Soften 1 tablespoon of the butter in a big skillet over medium warmth. Add within the garlic and sauté for two minutes. Whisk within the lemon zest and cream and proceed to whisk till the liquid involves a mild simmer. Add the remaining butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring repeatedly till the entire butter is added and melted. In case your pasta will not be but carried out, take away the sauce from the warmth.
3. Combine the pasta with sauce. As soon as the pasta is finished, return the sauce skillet to the warmth over medium and whisk in ½ cup of the pasta water. Then switch the pasta to the skillet with the sauce and stir to coat.
4. Add parmesan cheese and lemon juice. Combine within the parmesan till it’s totally melted. Lastly, add within the lemon juice and stir to mix. The sauce ought to be a little bit on the thinner facet however it thickens rapidly because it begins to chill. Nonetheless, in the event you suppose it’s too skinny, you’ll be able to sprinkle on a teaspoon of flour and stir to combine.
5. End + serve. Season to style with extra salt and pepper. Serve and revel in!

Skilled suggestions

• Don’t neglect to reserve pasta water. The starchy water helps the sauce stick with the pasta and make issues mix in a lot better. If you happen to do neglect, use water or broth.
• It’s essential to take away the pan from the warmth earlier than you add the lemon juice, in any other case the sauce may separate.
• Serving suggestion. We love this served with a contemporary inexperienced salad and a few crusty bread. So good!

Continuously requested questions

Customise this recipe

This dish is scrumptious as-is, however be at liberty to alter issues as much as customise it to your loved ones’s preferences and what you will have out there. Right here’s some choices:

• Make it gluten free. Merely use a gluten-free pasta of alternative.
• Add protein. Be at liberty to toss the pasta with chickpeas, diced hen breast, shredded rotisserie hen or cooked shrimp.
• Add veggies. Combine in cooked broccoli, asparagus or spinach.

Storage suggestions

• To retailer. Place leftovers in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 3 to 4 days. We don’t advocate freezing this pasta dish.
• To reheat. Gently rewarm leftovers in a Dutch oven or giant pot on the stovetop over medium-low warmth, splashing in cream, almond milk, common milk or water as wanted to loosen the sauce. You can even reheat particular person servings within the microwave.

As traditional, PLEASE let me know in the event you make this recipe and the way you prefer it! You’ll be able to come again right here and depart a remark or tag me on instagram (@foodwithfeeling).