lemon baked pasta

{image via the pioneer woman}

One of my go-to recipes!  Yum, yum, yum!!

The Pioneer superhuman Woman posted this as a main dish, but I tend to use it as a side dish.  I love it all times of the year … yummy with steak and especially yummy with grilled lemon-pepper shrimp {that I may have made and devoured the other night}.

Ree has some beautiful tutorial type images, as well as a printable recipe card on this post.

Ingredients
  • 1 pound Thin Spaghetti
  • 4 Tablespoons Salted Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 2 cloves Garlic, Minced
  • 1 whole Lemon, Juiced And Zested
  • 2 cups Sour Cream
  • ½ teaspoons Kosher Salt, Or More To Taste
  • Plenty Of Grated Parmesan Cheese
  • Flat-leaf Parsley, Chopped
  • Extra Lemon Juice
Preparation Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook spaghetti until al dente.

In a skillet, melt butter with olive oil over LOW HEAT. When butter is melted, add minced garlic. Squeeze lemon juice into the pan. Turn off heat.

Add sour cream and stir mixture together. Add lemon zest and salt. Taste, then add more salt if necessary. Pour mixture over drained spaghetti and stir together, then pour spaghetti into an oven safe dish.

Bake, covered, for 15 minutes. Then remove foil and bake for an additional 7 to 10 minutes. (Don’t bake too long or the pasta will dry out.)

When you remove it from the oven, squeeze a little more lemon juice over the top. Top generously with Parmesan cheese, then chopped parsley. Give it a final squeeze of lemon juice at the end.

Enjoy!

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6 Comments

  1. selena June 11, 2010 at 11:14 am

    oh. wow. YUM.

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  2. Pam June 11, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    that looks so delish. i will have to make that when i get home.

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  3. Kate June 12, 2010 at 8:59 am

    I am definitely going to try this one! Yum!!!!

    Reply
  4. Rebecca June 14, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Oh MY! This makes my mouth water! :) Will definately have to try this recipe!

    Reply
  5. Tiffany June 14, 2010 at 11:13 am

    I’ll be trying for dinner tonight! Thanks….I needed a new recipe.

    Reply

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