Alfredo Sauce Recipe With Lemon Zest

Meanwhile finely grate the zest of the lemons on a microplane.

Alfredo sauce recipe with lemon zest. Garlic minced2 tablespoons. This healthy alfredo sauce recipe skips on the cream but not on the taste. Add the pasta to the pot and cook until al dente.

Stir in parmesan and romano cheese for 1 2 minutes. I like to take the pan off the heat to do this. Quarter 1 of the lemons reserve the second zested lemon for another use.

While the pasta is cooking use a lemon zester to zest the lemons into long thin pieces. Add fresh lemon juice and lemon zest. 2 cups will be used to make the lemon alfredo sauce.

Rinse the cooked pasta under cold running water and drain well in a colander. Finely shred the fresh parmesan cheese using a cheese grater. Whisk 1 1 4 cups heavy cream 1 egg yolk and 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest in a bowl.

Kosher saltfreshly ground black pepper to taste1. Taste the sauce and add salt if needed and plenty of fresh cracked black pepper. Increase heat to medium and bring to a boil.

Add the lemon juice and stir. Unsalted butter1 large clove. Zest a lemon using a zester or a fine grater.