simple ingredients
FETTUCCINE IN A LEMON BUTTER SAUCE. There are days when having a good dinner it’s easy. Being a diligent cook, you will have some homemade fettuccine stashed in the freezer. OK, store bought ones is fine but of the fresh type, please! Now open the fridge and look for the following:
Recipe
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon heavy cream
- 1 inch-long strip lemon zest
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
Heat the butter, zest and juice in a little pan over low heat until the butter is melted. Add cream but do not cook it.
slowly melt the butter
Cook the pasta in salted boiling water according to package instructions. Fresh fettuccine should cook no more than 1 min, 2 min if frozen.
Strain away the water using a colander and return the noodles quickly to the hot pan on medium heat. Add the sauce and briefly stir.
Add the Parmesan and a couple of tablespoon of pasta water and stir some more until the liquid is absorbed. Serve immediately, it must be eaten very hot.
so easy, so good
6 Comments
May 2, 2009 at 2:53 pm
greetings from across the pond — this looks wonderful and fresh and springy. I would love to do it with a contorno of asparagus….
May 4, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Abbiamo avuto tutti le stesse idee! Anche io aprendo il frigo triste ho dovuto ripiegare sui tagliolini alla crema di limone: tanto buoni, tanto semplici!
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Quando si torna a pranzo!?
May 4, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Ciao Glo, non ci si crede ma questa e’ una ricetta che tutti mi chiedono e che pochi hanno assaggiato fuori d’Italia. E anche parecchi Italiani sai? A pranzo potete venire quando volete, porte aperte qui!
May 4, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Letizia, once again I am drooling! Anything with lemon is fantastic, and this looks doubly so.
May 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm
The beauty of it Sandra is how easy it is. You can make it any time!
May 5, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Letizia, I’ve just signed up to Twitter!!!! Now, what do I do???