Lemon Parsley Pasta
This lemon parsley pasta is light, refreshing, and so easy to make.It takes less than 30 minutes to make and uses ingredients you probably already have at hand.
Ingredients
- 320 grams (11.30 ounces) dried pasta such as penne, spirals, linguine
- ¼ cup (60 grams, 2.12 ounces) butter
- 1 medium (120 grams, 4.23 ounces) Brown Onion finely chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoons (2-3 cloves) garlic minced
- ½ cup (60 grams, 2.12 ounces) parmesan cheese, finely grated, plus extra to garnish
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or to taste
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 cup (50 grams, 1.76 ounces) parsley, flat leaf, roughly chopped, plus extra to garnish
Instructions
- Cook your pasta according to packet instructions. Once cooked, drain and set aside. Reserve about 1 cup of pasta water.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat half the butter in a medium sized saucepan. Once hot, add the finely chopped brown onion, and cook until the onions are soft and lightly browned.
- Add the minced garlic and saute for 1 – 2 minutes, be careful not to burn your garlic.
- Add the remaining butter and melt. Once melted, add the grated Parmesan cheese.
- Turn off heat and mix through the lemon juice and lemon zest.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste. You want to slightly over season your sauce.
- Mix through the roughly chopped parsley and cooked pasta. Once mixed through, if you want your pasta to have a bit more sauce, add some of the reserved pasta water and adjust seasoning as desired.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 serveCalories: 476kcalCarbohydrates: 56gProtein: 16gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 590mgPotassium: 105mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4g
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