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    Home » Recipes » Lemons ~ Limes

    Published: Nov 3, 2014 · Modified: Dec 26, 2019 by Usha Rao

    Spaghetti with Lemon Sauce

    For this week’s three day blogging marathon # 46, my theme is lemons. I will be posting 3 days of lemon recipes. For the first day I have very easy, quick and yummy pasta. Spaghetti is cooked until al dente, tossed in lemon sauce and served hot with or without any vegetables.

    Spaghetti al Limone or Pasta in Lemon Sauce served in a plate.  It is a moody image

    The first time I made this pasta, I served it with sautéed shrimp and we loved it. The second time I made it for lunch and as I was the only one eating, and since I did not have any other side dish to serve the spaghetti with, I added some roasted mushrooms and zucchini. I liked both these vegetables in this spaghetti. For vegetarians, mushrooms and spaghetti is a good option and if one wants seafood check the suggestion below the recipe.

    Close up angle and half plate of Spaghetti al Limone

    Source: Cooking Channel
    Total Time: 26 – 35 minutes
    Preparation Time: 15 - 20 minutes (includes time to boil water for spaghetti)
    Cooking Time: 10 – 15 minutes
    Serves: 2-3

    Ingredients:

    • ½ lb. (approx.) Spaghetti
    • 6 – 8 cups Water
    • 1 tbsp. Salt (to be added to boiling water)
    • Rind of ½ Lemon
    • 1 Lemon, juiced or 3 tbsp. Lemon Juice
    • ½ - ¾ tsp. crushed/minced Garlic (adjust to your liking. I like garlic and used ¾ tsp.)
    • 2 ½ tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    • ⅓ – ½ cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano
    • ¼ tsp. Salt
    • ⅛ tsp. Black Pepper Powder
    • ¼ - ½ cup Flat Parsley

    Vegetables:

    • 8 – 10 Mushrooms, diced
    • 2 small Zucchini, diced
    • 2 tsp. Olive Oil or any Oil
    • ⅛ tsp. Black Pepper Powder
    • ¼ - ½ tsp. Salt

    Preparation:

    • Cooking Spaghetti - Cook spaghetti to al dente following the instructions on the spaghetti box. I cooked spaghetti in 6-8 cups of salted (1 tbsp. salt) boiling water for about 11 minutes. Drain the spaghetti and keep ready.
    • Vegetables - While the spaghetti is cooking, roast diced mushrooms and zucchini in a 10” pan in some oil. Add salt and pepper to the vegetables when sautéing. This will take about 5 – 7 minutes on high flame. If the vegetables burn, reduce the flame. Once roasted, keep aside the vegetables.
    • Lemon Sauce - In a bowl take freshly squeezed lemon juice, garlic and whisk by slowly adding extra virgin olive oil to the lemon mixture. Add salt, pepper and cheese and whisk/mix.
    • Serving – Prepare the vegetables and lemon sauce before spaghetti is cooked. Once spaghetti is al dente, drain the spaghetti and add it to the lemon sauce. Give it a good stir. Add the vegetables, parsley and more cheese if one wants. Give it a good stir and serve immediately.

    Suggestions:

    • This spaghetti can be served without any topping or with vegetables or with some shrimp. The first time I made it, I served with some shrimp. I marinated 1 pound shrimp with ⅛ tsp. black pepper powder, ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes, ¼ - ½ tsp. salt and 1 tbsp. oil for 30 – 60 minutes. Sauté the shrimp in some oil until the shrimp curls up and change color, and is fully cooked, about 5 – 8 minutes.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Ammaji Kitchen{Sree} (@sreevallie) says

      November 24, 2014 at 4:25 pm

      Awesome & flavorful sauce..

      Reply
    2. Sindhiya says

      November 08, 2014 at 6:02 am

      Such a refreshing spaghetti... Yum Yum!!

      Reply
    3. Nisha Sundar says

      November 06, 2014 at 9:12 pm

      Nice one Usha. Love the zest and flavour of this dish. Bookmarked.

      Reply
    4. Srivalli says

      November 06, 2014 at 3:26 am

      Lemon sauce sounds very nice Usha..Before reading through the recipe, i thought it would be something like our Lemon Sevei types..very nice recipe..

      Reply
    5. Pavani says

      November 05, 2014 at 6:19 pm

      That is one very flavorful and delicious looking pasta dish.

      Reply
    6. Priya says

      November 05, 2014 at 12:32 am

      Drooling here, its been ages i had spaghetti with lemon sauce, now you are pulling me to make some soon.

      Reply
    7. pumpkinfarmfood says

      November 04, 2014 at 12:13 pm

      simple flavors is all that your pictures need...you convert them into rather special dishes

      Reply
    8. Sayantani says

      November 04, 2014 at 10:38 am

      this is such a wonderful recipe. we love pastas for dinner and this one is very quick and flavourful.

      Reply
    9. Padma Rekha says

      November 04, 2014 at 3:37 am

      Spaghetti with lemon flavor very interesting and like that sauce recipe...

      Reply
    10. Sarita says

      November 03, 2014 at 10:04 pm

      Spaghetti looks great.I hope addition of shrimp to spaghetti adds more taste.. Will try soon with shrimp being our favorite.

      Reply
    11. Harini says

      November 03, 2014 at 8:55 pm

      The sauce sounds very interesting. I am sure I am going to try this out.

      Reply
    12. manjulabharWebsiteathkumar says

      November 03, 2014 at 6:01 pm

      wow such an refreshing spaghetti with lemon flavor infused 🙂 looks very tempting !!

      Reply
    13. srividhya says

      November 03, 2014 at 2:21 pm

      Refreshing sauce. Love the presentation. Will try it soon

      Reply
    14. veenasvegnation says

      November 03, 2014 at 1:55 pm

      Great click and the same seems very flavourful!

      Reply
    15. Vaishali Sabnani says

      November 03, 2014 at 9:50 am

      That sauce sounds so interesting and flavorful...feel like digging in Usha.

      Reply
    16. Varada says

      November 03, 2014 at 8:00 am

      Such a refreshing and light sauce. I have to try it. Addition of mushrooms and zucchini sounds really good.

      Reply

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