creamy lemon sauce spaghetti with roasted French beans is a white sauce spaghetti pasta with the hint of lemon zest. Crunchy French beans is added to add some crunch. This is recipe is one of the oh-so-simple but oh-so-flavorful recipes you can surely enjoy in your busy weekdays.
The lemon zest in pasta sauce! sounds interesting. This is something new to a typical Indian foodie girl like me. Frankly, I have never heard something like this before until I came across to the term called lemon sauce pasta during my random search for pasta recipes. The blogger inside me was pretty sure that I and Prashant will definitely enjoy this recipe.
And because we liked this recipe, I am here to share with you guys. but first,
what is spaghetti? basic idea
Spaghetti is a long, thin, solid, cylindrical pasta. The first written record of pasta comes from the Talmud in the 5th century AD and refers to dried pasta that could be cooked through boiling which was conveniently portable. The popularity of spaghetti spread throughout Italy after the establishment of spaghetti factories in the 19th century, enabling the mass production of spaghetti for the Italian market.
what this lemon sauce spaghetti pasta made of?
I have prepared this recipe with white sauce. of course, lemon zest is the hero ingredient. For the seasoning, I have used oregano and chilli flakes. Crispy roasted French beans are also added to the recipe. It gives a nice crunch. So, boil your pasta, prepare beans, prepare the sauce, assemble it and you are sorted. for a change, I didn’t use parmesan in this recipe.
reasons to love this recipe,
- sooooooo rich
- delicious
- simple with fresh flavours
- easy and tasty
- perfect tiffin box recipe
- your kids will love this too
- super duper easy to make
- no cooking expertise required
let’s make lemon sauce pasta
boiling pasta
to prepare your spaghetti, take a deep pan and add water. also, add salt and few drops of olive oil in the water. Adding salt in the water is strictly for the flavour. Adding oil helps pastas not to get too sticky.
boil your pasta until soften and drain them. Wash your boiled pasta in running water and keep aside.
preparing sauce mixture,
add some oregano and chili flakes.
preparing french beans,
Cut french beans and transfer in a bowl
add black pepper powder and some oil.
keep it aside for 10 mins and transfer them in a pan.
roast on high flame.(you can even bake it too)
keep aside.
final preparation
heat butter in a pan.
add gralic and saute for a while.
add the sauce mixture into the pan.
cook for 8 to 10 mins on medium flame. The mixture will start thickens.
once the sauce gets thick in texture, add boiled spaghetti.
mix well.
transfer in a serving bowl and top with roasted beans.
serve hot.
similar recipes on the blog,
lemon sauce spaghetti with french beans
Equipment
- deep pan
- regular pan
Ingredients
to boil pasta
- handful spaghetti pasta
- 7 cups water
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
for beans preparation
- 1 cup french beans
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp black pepper powder
for sauce preparation
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp corn flour
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 to 2 tbsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp oregano
- chili flakes, according to your taste
- ½ tsp basil, optional
other
- 1 tbsp butter
- salt to taste
- Parmesan [optional], ¼ cup approx
Instructions
boiling pasta
- to prepare your spaghetti, take a deep pan and add water. also, add salt and few drops of olive oil in the water. Adding salt in the water is strictly for the flavour. Adding oil helps pastas not to get too sticky.
- boil your pasta until soften and drain them. Wash your boiled pasta in running water and keep aside.
preparing sauce mixture,
- add some oregano and chili flakes.
preparing french beans,
- Cut french beans and transfer in a bowl.
- add black pepper powder and some oil.
- keep it aside for 10 mins and transfer them in a pan.
- roast on high flame.(you can even bake it too)
- keep aside.
final preparation
- heat butter in a pan.
- add gralic and saute for a while.
- add the sauce mixture into the pan.
- cook for 8 to 10 mins on medium flame. The mixture will start thickens.
- once the sauce gets thick in texture, add boiled spaghetti.
- mix well.
- transfer in a serving bowl and top with roasted beans.
- serve hot.
This is a dish I would love — lemon flavor is one of my favorites!
Thanks dear..
So rich and creamy. A bowl of comfort for sure!
Thank you bobbi