Hi everyone, and happy summer! This is Sara writing to share a recipe I made recently while at home. I took the recipe from here: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/05/baked-lemon-pasta/. If you click the link, there are very good instructions and photos, but I like to think ours are okay too. I made this recipe with my good friend Sarah, who is looking for easy recipes to cook while living with her roommates at school. Hopefully this recipe was quick enough for her to use again!
Ingredients:
One pound spaghetti (fettuccine would also be awesome!)
4 tbsp salted butter
2 tbsp olive olil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lemon (you will need the juice and zest)
2 cups sour cream
Salt
Grated Parmesan cheese
Start by boiling water for the pasta. Also, preheat your oven to 375. To make the sauce, begin by melting the butter in a large skillet using low heat. Also add the olive oil. While that is melting, mince the garlic and use a grater to grate the zest off of a lemon. Once the butter is done melting, stir in the minced garlic. Also stir in the lemon juice- be careful of the seeds! Stir this all together and turn of the heat on the sauce pan.
While all this is going on, be sure to put your noodles in so they can cook. If they are done cooking before you are done with the sauce, just turn of the heat and wait.
In the skillet, add the 2 cups of sour cream. Stir very well.
Add the lemon zest and some salt (taste it to see what you like, but keep in mind that you will be adding Parmesan, which will make it a bit saltier).
Once your sauce is done, drain your pasta. Put the noodles in a 9x13 dish. Then, pour your sauce over top. Mix it all together in the dish so the sauce is covering all of the noodles. Add Parmesan cheese to the top, however much you would like. We covered the top of the noodles, and even added a little more right before eating. Cover the dish with foil and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Take out the dish, remove the foil, and put it back in the oven for another 5-7 minutes. If you're really hungry, you can probably skip this final step.
