Recipe by Mimi Jardim
Sweet pasta dish (aletria)
Ingredients
- 100g angel-hair pasta
- 500ml (2 cups) milk
- 110g castor sugar
- strip lemon rind
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 45g butter
- 4 egg yolks
- zest of 1 lemon
- ground cinnamon, to serve
Instructions
1
Cook the pasta in boiling water according to packet instructions until al dente. Drain and add the milk, sugar, lemon rind and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, about 5 minutes. Remove the lemon rind and cinnamon stick.
2
Add the butter to the pasta. In a bowl, beat the egg yolks and add to the pasta. Simmer over a very low heat to cook the egg, 5 minutes. Add the lemon zest and remove from heat. Pour into a serving dish and serve sprinkled with ground cinnamon. Serve warm or once it has cooled.
