Lemon Butter Pasta
main mealpasta
Time30 min
Yield2 portions
Energy364 kcal
Components0
Ingredients
- breadcrumb topping
- 5mloil, olive, regular
- 25gbreadcrumbs
- 10gcapersrinsed and chopped
- 0.25tspspice, chilli flakes
- pasta
- 120gpasta, spaghetti, dried
- caramelised lemon
- 5gbutter
- 1wholelemonzested, juiced and half of it sliced
- 10perherb, basil, leafchopped
- 5gbutter
- 300gcourgettethinly sliced
- 2clovegarlicgrated
- 5mlherb, thyme, fresh≈ 0.5 g herb, thyme, fresh
- 0.25tspspice, pepper
- 0.0625tspsalt
- 0.125tspmonosodium glutamate
- remove from heat
- 100mlpasta cooking water
Instructions
Process
- Prep
- Lemon:
- zest and juice
- Make 4 thin slices (for 2 portions) for caramelisation
- Lemon:
- Breadcrumb topping
- Heat the oil to medium
- Add the breadcrumbs, toast 3 minutes
- Add the rest of the ingredients, cook 1 minute
- Remove and set aside
- Pasta
- Cook until al dente
- Reserve the cooking water
- Lemon
- Heat the butter to medium high
- Add the lemon slices
- Sear until caramelised - approx 1 minute per side
- Remove from heat
- Finely chop the lemon slices, set aside
- Mix together the zest, juice, basil
- Sauce
- Heat the butter to medium
- Add the courgette; cook until golden, approx 5 minutes
- Add the garlic and seasonings, cook 30 seconds
- Add the pasta, half of the lemon-basil mixture, and pasta water as required. Toss vigorously, stirring and adding more water until glossy and emulsified.
- Remove from heat
- Assembly
- Pasta+sauce
- lemon/basil mix
- Sliced lemons
- Breadcrumbs
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 364 | 729 |
| Protein | 12.8 | 25.6 |
| Carbohydrates | 57.4 | 114.7 |
| Total Sugars | 4.6 | 9.1 |
| Free Sugars | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| Fat | 7.9 | 15.8 |
| Saturated Fat | 3.3 | 6.6 |
| Fibre | 5.4 | 10.9 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Iron | 3.12 | 6.24 |
| Calcium | 111 | 222 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.015 | 0.03 |
| Omega 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnesium | 36 | 72 |
| Potassium | 512 | 1020 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £1.12 | £2.25 |