Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Pasta al Limone

Pasta al Limone.

You can cook Pasta al Limone using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pasta al Limone

1. Prepare 1 of lemon.
2. Prepare 12 oz of spaghetti or other long pasta.
3. It's 3/4 cups of heavy cream.
4. You need 6 tbsp of unsalted butter.
5. Prepare 3 oz of finely grated Parmesan (about 3/4 cups).
6. Prepare of Capers to taste.
7. You need of Salt and pepper to taste.

Pasta al Limone step by step

1. Finely grate lemon zest into a large pot and set aside. Cut lemon in half and squeeze 2 tbsp into a small bowl, set aside..
2. Cook pasta in large boiling pot 6 minutes..
3. Add cream to pot with lemon zest, cook over medium heat, whisking often until liquid is just beginning to simmer, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low and whisk in butter 1 tbsp at a time until melted and sauce is creamy..
4. Once paste is done scoop 1 1/2 pasta cooking liquid. Add 3/4 of liquid to cooking cream and return to medium high heat. Transfer spaghetti into creamy sauce, add capers and then add Parmesan little by little, until cheese is melted and sauce is creamy, about 3 minutes. If sauce thickens add 1-2 tbsp more of pasta water. Stir in lemon juice and any more seasoning if needed. Enjoy!.