Spaghetti with roasted lemon and prawns

To prepare the spaghetti with roasted lemon and prawns, start with the lemon cream. Wash them well and immerse them in boiling water 1. Cook for about 25-30 minutes until they are soft. Drain them 2, keeping the water aside, and transfer them to a tray with paper towels 3. Let them cool slightly and dry them very well.

Brush them with oil, making sure to coat all sides well 4 and place them on a hot grill. When the typical grill marks begin to form, you can turn them 5. Continue grilling until all sides are well grilled 6.

Now cut them into wedges 7, remove the pulp, seeds, and white part 8. You should only keep the yellow part, the peel. Transfer it to a small bowl and add a little cooking water 9.

Blend with an immersion blender 10 until you obtain a cream, adding water as needed. Now add a little oil in a thin stream 11 and blend again 12.

You should obtain a smooth cream 13. Wash and dry the basil well. Place it on a plate 14, without overlapping the leaves, and cook in the microwave for about 3 minutes at 700 Watts, to dehydrate them 15.

Let them cool for a few seconds, then blend them with a coffee grinder to pulverize them 16. Clean the prawns, removing the head, the inner filament 17, and the shell 18.

Once you have cleaned them all 19, chop them with a knife 20 to prepare the tartare. Transfer to a small bowl and season with oil 21, salt, and pepper.

Mix well and set aside in the refrigerator 22. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water 23. Meanwhile, in a pan, pour a ladle of cooking water 24.

Add some of the lemon cream 25 and stir to melt it 26. Drain the pasta al dente and transfer it to the sauce 27.

Add another ladle of cooking water 28 and finish cooking. Turn off the heat and add the cold butter in cubes 29. Stir and taste the pasta, if you prefer an even more lemony touch, add more lemon cream 30.

Mix again 31 and plate 32. Take the prawn tartare and with a spoon form a quenelle 33.

Place it on the pasta 34, then use a sieve to sprinkle basil on top 35. The spaghetti is ready; you just need to serve it 36.