Spelt spaghetti with lemon and ricotta

Name: Spelt spaghetti with lemon and ricotta
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 500 g spaghetti (e.g. original spelt); salted water; 250 g ricotta; 1 organic lemon; 40 g grated Parmesan; ¼ tsp salt; a little pepper; 4 dried figs

main dish Vegetarian

Total: 20 min. | Active: 20 min.

vegetarian

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Ever wondered how to make a creamy pasta sauce without cream? It's dead easy – just use ricotta and a little cooking water! The sauce is enhanced by the acidity of the lemons and the sweetness of the figs. This super-quick dish has the potential to be your new favourite supper.

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FOOBY Team

Ingredients

for 4 people

Spaghetti
500 g	spaghetti (e.g. original spelt)
	salted water, boiling

Sauce
250 g	ricotta
1	organic lemon, grated zest and the juice
40 g	grated Parmesan
¼ tsp	salt
a little	pepper
4	dried figs, cut into thin slices

How it's done

Spaghetti

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until just al dente. Set aside approx. 200 ml of cooking water, drain the spaghetti.

Sauce

While stirring, heat the reserved cooking water, ricotta, lemon zest, lemon juice and cheese in the same pan, season. Add the figs and pasta, mix and plate up.

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