Jamie Oliver's 3-ingredient pasta

Name: Jamie Oliver's 3-ingredient pasta
Ingredients: 200-220 g Spaghetti; The juice and zest of 1 1/2 lemons (more or less depending on preference); 50 g Parmesan; etwas Olive oil (cold-pressed); etwas Salt; Msp. Pepper; Handvoll Basil (for garnishing)

Pasta

Recipe

The lemon sauce can provide that feel-good feeling within 15 minutes.

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Ingredients
200-220	g	Spaghetti
		The juice and zest of 1 1/2 lemons (more or less depending on preference)
50	g	Parmesan
	some	Olive oil (cold-pressed)
	some	Salt
	pinch	Pepper
	handful	Basil (for garnishing)

Boil the spaghetti in salted water until "al dente".
While you wait, rinse the lemon briefly under warm water, then dry and finely grate the zest. Important: only grate and use the yellow part of the peel, otherwise the sauce will be bitter.
Then squeeze the lemon and put the juice in a bowl with the Parmesan and spices. Mix everything together.
Double the amount of olive oil so that the ratio of lemon juice to oil is about 1:2.
Add the freshly cooked pasta to the lemon and oil mixture while still warm and mix thoroughly.
Finally, sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan and basil before serving.

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