Green silk handkerchiefs (hand-cut spinach pasta)
Take your dinner party starter up a notch with homemade vibrant green pasta tossed in nutty brown butter and sage sauce
Spinach pasta
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 2
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- 175g penne
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 garlic clovescrushed
- 120g spinach
- 100g cream cheese
- pinch of grated nutmeg
- 50g parmesangrated, plus extra to serve
- ½ lemonzested and juiced
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal626
- fat31.8g
- saturates14.6g
- carbs58.8g
- sugars3g
- fibre5.9g
- protein23.2g
- salt0.81g
Method
step 1
Cook the pasta according to pack instructions, reserving a mug of the cooking water.
step 2
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the garlic over a low heat for 3-4 mins or until fragrant. Stir in the spinach and cook, stirring, for 2 mins before adding the cream cheese, nutmeg and a good splash of cooking water. Increase the heat and cook for 2-3 mins or until everything is combined, then add the cooked pasta and parmesan.
step 3
Stir in another splash of pasta water if needed, the lemon juice and most of the zest and cook, stirring, for 1 min until everything is combined. Serve with freshly ground black pepper, extra parmesan and the remaining lemon zest on top.
