Baked Lemon Pasta

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb thin spaghetti
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, more to taste if desired
• plenty of grated parmesan cheese
• flat leaf parsley, chopped
• extra lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees. cook spaghetti until al dente.
• 2 in a skillet, melt butter with olive oil over low heat.
• 3 when butter is melted, add minced garlic.
• 4 squeeze lemon juice into the pan. turn off heat.
• 5 add sour cream and stir mixture together. add lemon zest and salt. taste, then add more salt if necessary.
• 6 pour mixture over drained spaghetti and stir together, then pour spaghetti into an oven safe dish.
• 7 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.).
• 8 when you remove it from the oven, squeeze a little more lemon juice over the top.
• 9 top generously with parmesan cheese, then chopped parsley.
• 10 give it a final squeeze of lemon juice at the end.