PASTA WITH GARLIC AND LEMON
SAUCE
 
1 lb. linguine or fettuccine
2 garlic cloves, minced
Zest of 1 lemon
4 tbsp. butter
1 c. heavy cream
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 c. Parmesan cheese, grated
2 tbsp. lemon juice

In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and cook the garlic and lemon zest until very fragrant.

Add cream, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook to heat through. Set aside until pasta is cooked.

Cook pasta in plenty of salt water. If fresh pasta is used, this will take only 2 minutes after water returns to boil.

Reheat sauce, adding half the Parmesan cheese and all the lemon. Adjust seasonings. Drain pasta and serve. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese.

recipe reviews
Pasta with Garlic and Lemon Sauce
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 Hildegarde (Alberta) says:
Made this sauce to use with a package of lemon shrimp garlic ravioli that hubby brought home from Costco (not realizing the package came with a sauce recipe). Anyway, I am really pleased to have discovered this lovely, tangy, lemony, easy-to-make sauce and look forward to using it over fish and rice as well.
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 Sandi Rosenbloom (District of Columbia) says:
I thought this was wonderful -- I cut the cream in half which means you have to cut the Parmesan in half (or it won't melt into the sauce). If anything I thought it needed both more lemon juice and more salt. I'm not sure if it's worthwhile (because let's face it this is never going to be a healthy recipe) but I'll try next time with half and half or even milk and see how it works.
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 Liza (Minnesota) says:
Great sauce, I reduced the cream a bit to thicken it, gave it just a shake of salt, and served over pasta. Looking forward to trying it with fish!
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 Liza (Minnesota) says:
Great sauce, I reduced the cream a bit to thicken it, gave it just a shake of salt, and served over pasta. Looking forward to trying it with fish!
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 EhgCook (Texas) says:
Excellent sauce. Made with linguini and chicken Parmesan. Whole family, even the little ones, liked it. Will make again for sure.
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 Chris Phan (Ontario) says:
used kosher salt @1 1/4 tsp not too salty at all, you guys are probably using iodized table salt which is very salty....
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 Timunm (United States) says:
Very good. Used more lemon and less cream for calories. Put in a tblspn or so of flour at the end for a thicker sauce. used it over linguine with steamed broccoli and shrimp scampi. Delicious. No added salt though.
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 Shayne Cantly (Australia) says:
Add some toasted pine nut as a crumble over the top... nice!!
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 Shan (United States) says:
I made this and we loved it. I pressed in one extra clove of garlic. I agree w/ lessing the salt. I used 3/4 of a teaspoon but 1/2 would have been fine.
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 Amethys (Texas) says:
Made this today and it was so good! I used sea salt... It wasn't too salty at all. I'll definitely make this again.
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 Amy (Wisconsin) says:
Didn't add extra salt. Very yummy sauce for chicken and whole wheat noodles. Added a parsley as well to sauce ;-).
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 Ruth Fidino (Washington) says:
Fabulous. Simple. Delicious. Do it again and again. I served it with squash ravioli.
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 Kristina (California) says:
Not too salty! Use kosher or sea salt. A lot of recipes assume people will use kosher salt (which is a wrong assumption)
 #38537
 Sherwood (Missouri) says:
Far too much salt in this recipe. Next time I make it I'll be using 1/4 tsp. Other than that, a fantastic sauce, we served it with tuna steaks and whole wheat rotini.
 #12790
 jacqueline says:
Lovely sauce! I made it last night with shell pasta and shrimp. My husband loved it and it was really easy to make :) New favorite ...

 

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