Ingredients

The following ingredients have 1 Servings
  • 1 big handful of high quality dried spaghetti or bucatini
  • 1 tablespoon or so lemon zest
  • 2 big spoonfuls of mascarpone (or Creme fraiche if you are Merrill)
  • Fresh Ground Black Pepper
  • maldon or fleur du sel salt
  • Pecorino cheese grated
  • chopped chives or Italian parsley or both

Instruction

  • Bring pot of well salted water to a roiling boil.
  • Add pasta, cook until done (I find that usually happens when it comes back up to a boil).
  • Reserve a couple of tablespoons of pasta water.
  • Drain pasta & return to pot, add back in pasta water.
  • Drop lemon zest, twirl it around a bit.
  • Dollop in mascarpone or creme fraiche, swirl that about as well, till it melts and the water and cream absorb back in to the pasta.
  • Taste, season with salt and pepper, pour in to large bowl shower with chopped chives or parsley, grated pecorino, a bit more cracked pepper and a few flakes of salt.