Spaghetti with Spinach and Cream Sauce

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 20min
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Pasta with spinach and cream sauce is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the leafy greens category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 500 g spaghetti
  • 400 g spinach (or young Swiss chard)
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 splash white wine
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 150 g whipping cream
  • 80 g walnut halves
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • ground nutmeg

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash the spinach, trim thick stems and simmer in a pot over medium heat until wilted; remove. Peel and finely chop the shallots, sauté with garlic in butter, add spinach, and cook for 2 minutes. Cook pasta according to package instructions until al dente; drain.

  2. 2.

    Heat cream with salt, nutmeg, and pepper. Arrange pasta on plates, top with spinach, pour over cream, and sprinkle chopped walnuts. Season with freshly ground pepper.