Serves 1
Directions
- 1Crack eggs into a pile of flour on a wooden board.
- 2Mix the egg and flour.
- 3Add lemon zest to the dough.
- 4Add Pecorino cheese to the dough.
- 5Chop basil leaves.
- 6Add the chopped basil to the dough.
- 7Drizzle extra virgin olive oil onto the dough mixture.
- 8Knead the dough until it forms a smooth ball.
- 9Put the dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- 10Roll out the dough into a thin sheet using a pasta machine.
- 11Fold the dough and roll it through the pasta machine multiple times until smooth.
- 12Sprinkle flour on the rolled dough.
- 13Cut the dough into fettuccine using the pasta machine.
- 14Boil water in a pot.
- 15Add salt to the boiling water.
- 16Cook the fettuccine in boiling water for 2 minutes.
- 17Melt butter in a pan.
- 18Squeeze lemon juice into the melted butter through a strainer.
- 19Transfer the cooked fettuccine from the pot to the pan with the butter and lemon juice.
- 20Toss the fettuccine in the pan to coat it with the sauce.
- 21Grate Parmesan cheese generously over the fettuccine in the pan.
- 22Add some pasta water (tears of the pasta gods) to the pan.
- 23Shake the pan to combine the pasta, sauce, and cheese.
- 24Serve the fettuccine on a plate.
- 25Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
Ingredients
- flour
- 2 eggs
- lemon zest
- Pecorino cheese
- basil
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- butter
- lemon juice
- Parmesan cheese
Equipment
pasta makerknifepanpotstrainerplate
Tips
- Add a little basil on top of the pasta for extra flavor.
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