Pasta Grannies' spaghetti with lemon pesto recipe

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One of the pasta-loving Italian grandmothers featured in Vicky Bennison's new cookbook Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking, skilled home cook Adriana, from Procida, has been making this recipe ever since she was a child. It's brilliant for unexpected guests, or when you want to cook something really quick that tastes like a long weekend in Italy.

Note: These days, one can buy Amalfi lemons (which are very similar to the Procida ones listed in the recipe below) quite easily, but if you are using regular lemons, you may want to experiment with the acidity by reducing the amount of juice and adding a little more water. Meyer lemons can also be substituted.

Recipe extracted from Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking by Vicky Bennison, published by Hardie Grant, £22. Photography by Lizzie Mayson.

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