Lemon Pasta

When life throws you a lemon catch it.

In a saute pan swirl chopped garlic and walnuts. Which will give them a chance to share perfumed notes with one another.

When the two are golden brown let a river of cream flow over them. Though before the cream should start to boil add the juice of the lemon that you caught- nice and steady as not to curdle the cream and spoil the fun.

As the cream thickens toss in spoonfuls of freshly grated Parmesan and a half of a spoon of grated lemon rind.

Serve it over hot al dente pasta and have a loaf of crusty bread to soak up every ounce of the lemon walnut sauce.

Exact measurements are not might style, thought I figure if the ingredients are fresh it seldom matters.

Comments

[OhSovintage]

This sounds scrummy, I can almost taste all those wonderful flavours mingling together on my palate.

[Heather]

Oh dear, now I have to go make this!

P.S. We might be coming to Provence this summer! Yay!

[Britt-Arnhild in Norway]

Lemon Pasta - perfect for your mood right now, and a great addition for me for "My Third Week of Lent is Yellow" (though that was last week.

This week is green, the colour of hope.

I continue to pray for you.

My father is out of hospital, doing very fine, my mother, who will be 78 next week, is having some health problems though......please keep her in your prayers.

[Tiel S-K]

perfect summer meal. I was just on my way to bed, but now I am hungry again. thanks for this.

[Hasmin]

Mmm...sounds yummy...I have all the ingredientsin my fridge and cupboard...I'll give it a whirl. Thank you, Corey, for the recipe. ((hug))

[annbb]

That dish sounds just wonderful. A must try since lemons, pepper and pasta are some of my favorite things.

Blessings to you and yours as always.

annbb

[Mary]

My Mum once told me that she craved lemons when pregnant with me - she would cut them in half and suck on them despite their acid bite! I LOVE anything lemon - is this why? Now I have a new sauce to try - tomorrow I will buy a bag of lemons, I have the other ingredients - yum, I can taste it already!
Hope your loves are home safely - hope you are OK.

[PaddiePie]

I LOVE LEMONS LIKE I LOVE MY AUNT

[melissa @ the inspired room]

Oh, that sounds absolutely divine!

xoxo
Melissa

[Sandpiper]

I love the homey feeling of your blog. The pictures of Mother's Garden in a previous post are so nostalgic and wonderful.

[Colette]

When life throws me lemons, I usually make art with them... but this is much better. Thank you for what sounds like a mouthwatering sauce. xoxoxo

[Lee]

Well, that just got cut & pasted into my 'must try' recipes file! Thank you!

[Ellen Cassilly]

Thanks for the lovely lemon pasta recipe. Frank is down with a wicked chest cold maybe I'll make it but heavy on the garlic and lemon and light on the cream and cheese. There are a bunch of new updates on the cassilhaus blog. Later, E

[Jules]

TTC mentioned you blog so I checked it out...what great timing...this recipe sounds Faaboo--I shall try it this week!

[Rosemary]

Sounds delisious Corey!!
I will have to try it.
Rosemary

[Mari-Nanci]

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

But I see more in your first line, than just a prelude to a recipe. "When life throws you a lemon, catch it."

Most of us don't even want to "make lemonade," when life throws lemons at us. We just want the lemon to go away, and fast.

You are in the midst of a lemon storm.

But you say... catch it. Make a delicious pasta dish. And keep going.

Yes, I see much in this entry...

Many hugs,
Mari-Nanci

[Suzanne]

It does sounds (and bet it sure tastes) delicious!!!

[Lynne]

I've passed on an award to you
see my blog!

[Wylie]

Dear Corey,
Thank you for sharing such a delicious recipe in the middle of all that is swirling around you. I send you prayers and blessings for comfort and peace and courage for you and your family.

Wylie

[qualcosa di bello]

perfetto!! baci per la cuciniera!

[Di Overton]

OK we are having this for dinner tomorrow - sounds divine but if mine doesn't I can always blame you :)

[Bonnie Buckingham]

In the midst of all you are
going through being home, saying
goodbye to your husband and children,
staying with your Mom, being by
your Dad's bedside ~~ we get a recipe!
I just wrote this quote from The Supper of
the Lamb in a note to a friend ( with a pen
of course). Maybe it will encourage you
in the Lord:

"It's eternal purpose ( food) is to furnish
our sensibilities against the day when we
shall sit down at the heavenly banquet and
see how gracious the Lord is."

Praying for His grace to
abound around you, in you,
above you, below you and
for your father! ( St. Patrick's Blessing)

Bonnie

[My Melange]

Corey,

Thanks for the recipe. I make something similar with creme fraiche and I throw some crab meat in mine too ;) I love lemon with pasta. Then again..I love lemon in everything....

[Frenchgardenhouse]

Corey, this sounds so wonderful! Maybe I'll try it for dinner. Loved your beautiful article in Romantic Homes.
xo Lidy

[tommie]

this sounds wonderful! I bet the kids would even like it.

[M-Noëlle]

I meant to write a comment about those bright lemons enlightening your (rainy) day ...
through their colour and their original area... etc... WHEN I happened to focus on the ardoise !?! ...
"8 lemons for 1euro50" !!! ... I could NOT believe my eyes... I put my face closer to the screen... I clicked on the picture and WATCHED.
I paused in awe... I became YELLOW with envy... as here we get 2 for that price - or maybe 3, at the most!
Those lemons have kept teasing me since; and made me forget everything else.

[deirdre]

It's far to early to be thinking about anything other than cereal, but this recipe sounds delicious. I even have a few lemons left over from making limoncello that are waiting for something delicious.

[martina]

It is 7:30AM and I want to make this dish right now! Are their walnut farms near your parents place? I'll always remember a family car vacation to California. Parents took an extra empty suitcase and loaded up on whole California walnuts. Good thing we didn't know about Gilroy and the garlic places there or parents would have taken another empty suitcase!

[susanna]

Mmmmmm...this sounds so good! Btw, the photo currently showing in your Colors of Provence photo album, the one with the signs and the wild flowers, is my favourite photograph of yours. I just love it!

[nancy]

oh corey!!!! you are a super star! i totally needed this post to start my day off with a bang! merci beaucoup!
and i am buying my ticket today.....:)
love nancy

[Dee]

yummy...pasta...the perfect comfort food.

[Miss Sandy]

Wow, and all this time I've been catching life's lemons and just been making lemonade and it could have been gourmet pasta sauce!

[ally bean]

Ahh, you cook like I do-- by concept and not by precision.

This recipe sounds delish to me, but alas, I'm married to a man who does not prefer lemons. So, I'll just make it for myself. He'll never know what he is missing!!

[Jeanne]

Yummy.
Kiss the cook often and season everything with love.
Blessings
I love you
Jeanne

[KJ]

Yum! I will have to try this! I can just imagine how the flavors must marry!

Thanks,
KJ

[Darla]

Our Meyer lemon tree is putting out lemons in full force at the moment. This recipe is going to come in very handy!

Darla

[TACE]

Oh yum, craving lemon sauced pasta now....and dang we already ate! Hey it's funny but life never throws me lemons...I think it's because life knows I really like lemons so what would be the point? It has thrown me the occasional kiwi (which I'm allergic to) and slithery snake (which I detest) But I just can't bring myself to make a nice pasta of life thrown kiwis and snakes.....

[meredith]

Mmmm, I'm on my way for some lemon walnut pasta :)
Smiles and hugs from your corner of France,
Meredith