Ingredients:

• Linguine or fettuccine pasta for 2 portions
• 8oz of asparagus
• 1/3 cup of parmesan
• 1/2 of onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• Zest of 1/2 lemon
• 1 tbsp of olive oil
• Ground black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients:

   

2. Bring a pot with water to boil, salt to taste, add pasta in and cook according to package instructions until al-dente:

   

3. Meanwhile, warm up skillet with olive oil, peel and chop onions and fry them until soft and slightly colored (stir from time to time):

   

4. Peel and chop garlic cloves, add them to the skillet and fry until fragrant, stir from time to time, then remove from the burner:

   

5. Reserve about cup of water from the cooking pot:

   

6. 2 mins before pasta is ready, trim ends from asparagus, slice it in to inch-long pieces and add to the cooking pot:

   

7. Grate zest from the lemon:

   

8. Drain water from pasta, add zest of the lemon:

   

9. Add fried onions and garlic, add salt and ground black pepper to taste:

   

10. Toss to mix:

    

11. Add parmesan:

    

12. Add a bit of water reserved earlier to taste (between 1/4 and 1/2 cup):

    

13. Toss a bit more:

    

14. And serve: