Easy Creamy Spinach Pasta
Pasta and veggies never looked so good in this delectable creamy spinach pasta, ready to serve in just 30 minutes. Homemade blush cream sauce, tossed with sautéed spinach and fresh pasta, I mean, what's not to love?
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 305kcal
Equipment
- 1 large pot
- 1 strainer
- 1 frying pan
- 1 wooden spoon
- measuring cups
Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 large shallot minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup chicken stock
- ½ cup heavy cream
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Add a tablespoon of butter to a medium frying pan on medium heat.
- Add the spinach and sauté the spinach in the melted butter. Sprinkle a little garlic powder and set aside.
- To the same pan, add in the minced garlic and onion, sauté in olive oil until fragrant.
- Add in the tablespoon of tomato paste and stir to combine.
- Pour in the chicken stock and let the mixture simmer for a minute or so. Then, pour in the heavy cream and stir.
- Cover and let simmer on low for 5-7 minutes or until the cream sauce begins to thicken and will coat the back of a spoon.
- Meanwhile, boil your favorite pasta, strain, and add directly to the sauce. Add back the sautéed spinach and mix to combine.
- Serve with sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
Notes
Remember to cook the pasta al dente so that it does not fall apart as you stir it and combine with the sauce and spinach.
Use the same pot for everything! You don't have use two separate pans for the sauce and the pasta. Boil the pasta first, strain, then set aside, and then build the sauce in the same pot the pasta cooked.
Choose a short tubular pasta for this sauce instead of a long, smoother pasta. The sauce is thin enough so you want the pasta to catch the sauce as it mixes together.
To thicken the sauce a little bit, use 1 teaspoon of flour or throw in fresh grated Parmesan cheese at the end.
Nutrition
Calories: 305kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 51mg | Potassium: 233mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 953IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg
