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Creamy Lemon Salsiccia Pasta
This luxurious creamy lemon pasta features Italian salsiccia sausages combined with a silky sauce made from cream, cream cheese, and bright lemon zest and juice. The dish balances rich, savory flavors with fresh citrus notes, creating a restaurant-quality meal that's surprisingly simple to prepare at home.
Ingredients
- 5 Salsiccia sausages
- 0.5 Red onion
- 1.5 Garlic cloves
- 400 ml Cream
- 250 ml Water
- 275 g Pasta
- 90 g Cream cheese
- 0.375 Organic lemon zest
- 4.5 tbsp Organic lemon juice
- Flour
- Herbs de Provence
- Paprika powder
- Turmeric
- Black pepper
- Salt
- Garlic powder
Instructions
- Cook the pasta al dente according to the package instructions and set aside. Save some pasta water.
- Squeeze the Salsiccia sausages out of their casing, crumble them into a large pan, and fry them until well browned.
- Add the diced red onion and chopped garlic and sauté briefly.
- Add a generous amount of flour and briefly sauté while stirring to create a roux.
- Add the lemon juice.
- Deglaze the pan with cream and water.
- Stir in the lemon zest.
- Let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes until it becomes creamier due to the flour. If too thin, mix a little flour with water and carefully add to the sauce.
- Stir in the cream cheese and all the seasonings (Herbs de Provence, paprika powder, turmeric, pepper, salt, and garlic powder).
- Let it simmer on low heat for another 20 minutes.
- If the sauce becomes too thick, add some of the reserved pasta water.
- Add the cooked pasta to the sauce and mix briefly until the sauce coats the pasta nicely.