spaghetti with lemon and olive oil
- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1 pound spaghetti or linguineSalt3 lemons1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil , plus additional for serving1/4 cup milk non fat 1 ounce finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 1/2 cup), plus additional for servingGround black pepperSmall handful fresh basil or arugula (what I used, deliciously, in a pinch) leaves, shredded
Cook linguine or spaghetti in well-salted water to your al dente tastes in a large, wide-bottomed pot. (You’ll have fewer dishes to wash if you use this pot to assemble the dish as well.)
While pasta is cooking, zest lemons until you have a little shy of a tablespoon of zest. Juice lemons — you’ll have anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 cup lemon juice.
Drain pasta, reserving 1 1/2 cups of pasta cooking water. Dry out your pot, then boil the olive oil, milk, zest and 1 cup of the reserved pasta water together for two minutes over high heat. Return pasta to pot and stir until coated. Add the cheese and 1/4 cup lemon juice and toss, toss, toss everything together. Add more pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, if you’d like your dish a little looser. Quickly taste a strand of pasta and see if you want to add the remaining lemon juice (we did). Stir in basil or arugula and season generously with salt and pepper.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MBFULLERTON.
While pasta is cooking, zest lemons until you have a little shy of a tablespoon of zest. Juice lemons — you’ll have anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 cup lemon juice.
Drain pasta, reserving 1 1/2 cups of pasta cooking water. Dry out your pot, then boil the olive oil, milk, zest and 1 cup of the reserved pasta water together for two minutes over high heat. Return pasta to pot and stir until coated. Add the cheese and 1/4 cup lemon juice and toss, toss, toss everything together. Add more pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, if you’d like your dish a little looser. Quickly taste a strand of pasta and see if you want to add the remaining lemon juice (we did). Stir in basil or arugula and season generously with salt and pepper.
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MBFULLERTON.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 270.6
- Total Fat: 7.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0.2 mg
- Sodium: 5.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 46.7 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.9 g
- Protein: 7.8 g
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