Creamy Spinach Pasta with Raisins
Pasta with creamy spinach sauce and raisins is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the vegetable category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 500 g fresh leafy spinach
- Salt
- 60 g raisins
- 1 Garlic clove
- 400 g short macaroni
- 40 g pine nuts
- olive oil
- 50 ml dry white wine
- 100 ml Vegetable broth
- 3 tbsp whipping cream
- 7 tbsp ricotta
- pepper (ground)
- Nutmeg (freshly grated)
Instructions
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1.
Wash, rinse, and clean the spinach, then collapse it in boiling salted water. Drain, shock with cold water, squeeze out excess moisture, and chop.
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2.
Soak the raisins in lukewarm water. Peel and finely chop the garlic.
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3.
Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until al dente.
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4.
In a hot pan without oil, toast the pine nuts to golden yellow, remove and set aside. Heat 2 tbsp oil in the same pan and sauté the garlic until translucent. Add the spinach and raisins, deglaze with wine, pour in broth and cream, then stir in 3 tbsp ricotta. Season with salt and pepper, simmer on medium heat for 5-6 minutes, and finish with nutmeg.
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5.
Drain the pasta, let it dry slightly, add to the sauce, mix gently, plate, and garnish with remaining pine nuts and ricotta.
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