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Pasta al limone with ricotta and pepper
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Pasta al limone with ricotta and pepper

~12 minon the hobItalyVegetarian
612kcal
25 gprotein
72 gcarbs
23 gfat
4 gfibre

The numbers are for one adult serving, based on someone who burns about 2,550 kcal a day. The app scales the portion to you and to everyone at the table.

Who gets how much
of the potkcalprotein
Tombulking49%88735 g
Emmagetting lean27%48921 g
Jackgrowing24%42817 g

Sample household. Numbers worked out by the app’s model.

Ingredients

Serves
  • Pasta (penne / spaghetti)90 g
  • Ricotta80 g
  • Parmesan, block20 g
  • Extra virgin olive oil2 tsp
  • Lemons½

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Black pepperSalt

If you can’t get it

  • Ricotta → cottage cheese blended smooth

Method

  1. Put salted water on and cook the pasta a minute short of the packet time.
  2. Zest the lemon (the yellow part only) and squeeze out the juice.
  3. In a bowl mix the ricotta with the grated Parmesan, the olive oil, the lemon zest, the juice and plenty of coarsely ground pepper.
  4. Before you drain the pasta, lift out a mugful of the cooking water. That starch is the only thing that will bring the sauce together.
  5. Move the hot pasta into the bowl with the ricotta and add the cooking water a spoonful at a time, until the sauce coats every strand. Don’t do this over the hob — the ricotta would split.
  6. Adjust the salt and pepper and serve straight away.

Allergens: Lactose, Cereals containing gluten (1), Milk (7)

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