Lemon linguine

Name: Lemon linguine
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 500 g dried linguine; 3 Sicilian lemons; extra virgin olive oil; 125 g Parmesan cheese; 1 bunch of fresh basil; 1 handful of rocket

Quality oil, Sicilian lemons & Parmesan

Vegetarianv

“Just a little Parmesan, good extra virgin olive oil, and lemon juice and zest is all it takes to create simple, light, lemony pasta ”

Serves 6

Cooks In20 minutes

DifficultySuper easy

Pasta, Vegetarian, Italian

Nutrition per serving

Calories

467

23%
Fat

17.8g

25%
Saturates

5.6g

28%
Protein

18.6g

37%
Carbs

56.7g

22%
Sugars

3.1g

3%

Of an adult's reference intake

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Ingredients

500 g dried linguine
3 Sicilian lemons
extra virgin olive oil
125 g Parmesan cheese
1 bunch of fresh basil
1 handful of rocket

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Method

Cook the linguine in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain and return to the pan.
Meanwhile, finely grate the zest from 1 lemon into a bowl, then squeeze in the juice from all three.
Drizzle in 6 tablespoons of oil, and finely grate in the Parmesan, then beat together – it’ll go thick and creamy.
Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper, and extra lemon juice, if needed. Pick and finely chop the basil leaves.
Add the lemony sauce to the linguine and shake the pan to coat each strand of pasta (the Parmesan will melt when mixed with the pasta).
Finish by stirring through the chopped basil and rocket.

Tips

When I was on honeymoon, some years ago now, I came across these fantastic Sicilian lemons – their skin is really fragrant in cooking and they are very juicy, too. You can use them roasted with fish, sliced very thinly in salads, and halved and put inside chicken – if you can’t find any, use normal lemons instead.