So I made this new pasta sauce...

[friff14]

My girlfriend and I were assigned to make the pasta and sauce for a group date this Friday. The main dish is a citrus-flavored chicken, so we figured it'd be awesome if the pasta went good with the chicken.

So I was testing it out and, by golly, this is my new favorite pasta sauce (that's tough, as I love meat sauce). I used my white sauce recipe that I use all the time, but substituted chicken broth for half of the milk, and added lemon/lime zest and juice.

Here's the recipe.

3 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp flour
1 cup milk
1 cup chicken broth
1 small lemon's worth of lemon zest
1 small lime's worth of lime zest
1 tbsp lemon juice
Sugar to taste

Melt butter, stir in flour to make a paste. Add milk and chicken broth, heat on medium-high, stirring occasionally. Once it's consistent, remove from heat, add the fruit stuff, and stir. Add sugar to taste.

So, um...yeah. It's awesome. I don't especially love the tartness, but a tablespoon or so of sugar fixed that problem.

 

[DaveSoMD]

Interesting recipe idea, thanks for posting. And Welcome to DC!!!

 

[tropical cooker]

mmm the lemon juice and milk combination sounds real yummy.

 

[jonchinaski]

Sounds interesting! I like a little tartness...

 

[zfranca]

Very unusual sauce. How much pasta did you use for this recipe? How many servings?

 

[simonaskitchen]

Hi all! I'd suggest you to try the Ragù recipe, using chicken instead of beef. In this case you'll make all the same preparation substituting chicken!
I think to have on old post on my blog about it, just have a look!
Greetings from Italy, Simona!