Lemon & cheese pasta

The combination of Parmesan cheese and lemon matches very well with the angel hair pasta. Thin pasta cooks in only 4 minutes and almost no cooking required to make the delicately scented sauce. A must to try. Perfect for an easy Sunday night dinner!

Serves: Serves 2-3 as main or 5-6 as primo (starter)

Ingredients

250g Diamond angel hair pasta

¼ cup FreshLife pine nuts

1 tbsp butter

½ tbsp black pepper

100g parmesan, finely grated

1 tbsp lemon zest

½ cup mascarpone

1 tsp lemon juice, or more to taste

 

To serve:

Superb Herb basil leaves

Method

  1. Cook pasta as per packet instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, toast your pine nuts and set aside.
  3. In a large pan, pour a cup of pasta cooking water and pepper. Add butter and stir until the butter is melted and bubbling.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix the parmesan and lemon zest with a little pasta water. Stir until you get a smooth paste.
  5. Add the cooked pasta to the pan, stir in the cheese mixture and mascarpone.
  6. To serve, add a fresh squeeze of lemon over the pasta and top with pine nuts. Top with fresh basil.

Tip: If you don’t have mascarpone, you can replace this with cream instead.