Italian
Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Spaghetti)
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Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Spaghetti) is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the spaghetti until al dente.
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Whisk the lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil and parmesan together in a wide bowl.
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Drain the pasta, reserving a cup of pasta water, and add it to the bowl while still hot.
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Toss vigorously, adding pasta water a splash at a time, until the sauce turns silky and clings to the strands.
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Season with black pepper and serve immediately.
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Serve it with
A Italian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Spaghetti), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Spaghetti) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 510 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 63 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 610 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Spaghetti al Limone (Lemon Spaghetti) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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