Butter Lemon Pasta
Super simple
Super simple
Super simple
Super simple
0:15 m
6
Ingredients
2326
kcal
When life gives you lemons, make this lemon butter pasta dish. It's a game changer. Super quick, super easy and tastes so good you'll catch peelings!
Serves
4
Ingredients
For the recipe
<item-todo-done>2 tbsp olive oil<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>3 tbsp capers<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>200g spaghetti good quality<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 tbsp plant-based butter good quality<item-todo-done><item-todo-done>2 clove garlic cloves<item-todo-done><item-todo-done> Salt & pepper to taste<item-todo-done>
Before you start
Big pan boiling water | Cheese grater | Frying pan | Tongs
Cook the pasta
- Add the pasta and a big pinch of salt to the pan of boiling water and cook according to the package instructions
Prepare the ingredients
- Peel and finely slice the garlic
- Roughly chop the capers
- Zest and halve the lemon
- Pick the parsley and finely slice the leaves
Prepare the sauce
- When the pasta is 3 minutes away from the being cooked through, warm the butter and oil in the pan over medium heat
- Add the garlic and capers to the pan and stir for 2 minutes, making sure the garlic doesn't burn
- Add the lemon zest to the pan and stir to combine
- Use to tongs to carefully transfer the pasta to the frying pan
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the pasta, catching any pips in your free hand, sprinkle the parsley (reserving a little for garnish), a generous amount of pepper and a little salt over the pasta and fold to combine
- Twist the the pasta into bowls, garnish with parsley, pepper and salt and serve immediately