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Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce

Alessia
Here's a fresh, lemony, garlicky butter sauce that's going to elevate any protein or pasta shape of your choice. Enjoy.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2
Calories 200 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 garlic presser
  • 1 knife
  • 1 tablespoon
  • 1 pan
  • 1 baking dish optional
  • 1 lemon squeezer
  • 1 cooking spoon
  • 1 teaspoon
  • 1 mini bowl

Ingredients
  

  • half a head of garlic
  • 75 gr butter 5 tablespoons
  • 1 tbsp Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 lemon
  • salt and pepper
  • fresh parsley optional
  • 1/2 tsp cornflour
  • 1 tsp water

Instructions
 

  • For the roasted garlic sauce version, start by roasting your garlic in the oven for 50 minutes.
  • For the fresh sauce version, peel and wash your garlic. Then mince it using a garlic presser.
    pressing garlic
  • Add the garlic to a pan and drizzle some Belmorso extra virgin olive oil. Let it sauté, but make sure it doesn't brown too much.
    sauteing garlic
  • Then add the butter to melt, and season.
    melting butter in pan
  • Optional: if you want your sauce to be thicker, add some corn flour. Start with half teaspoon mixed in 1 teaspoon of cold water, and add it to your butter, before you proceed to add the other ingredients.
  • Lower the heat, and add the juice of one lemon.
    adding lemon juice to make garlic lemon butter sauce
  • Mix and add the fresh parsley, if you want.
  • Take it off the heat, and serve it on top of your protein or pasta. Buon appetito.
    pouring garlic lemon butter sauce on fish

Notes

If you opt for the roasted garlic option, you'll need to factor in an extra 50 minutes cooking time.
Keyword butter, garlic, lemon, sauce