Pasta Al Limone - or lemon butter pasta - is arguably one of the cheapest and quickest pasta dishes you can make. It encompasses 3 basic flavour profiles of salt, fat and acid, combined together in such a way to produce something magical. You can make this as cheap or expensive as you like, I used fresh lemon, some nice pasta and good quality butter, but you can absolutely make this with cheaper ingredients, which will bring this meal in at around £1 per portion.

To make my lemon butter pasta you will need:

For 1 person

• About 200g of spaghetti

• Zest and juice of 1/4 of a lemon

• 15-20g of butter

• About 30g of grated parmesan

• Salt & pepper

• A little olive oil (about 1 tbsp) Optional extras

• 1 sliced garlic clove

• A good few pinches of chilli flakes