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Spinach Powered Pasta
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35 min
Main
10 ingredients or less
Servings
Total
35 minPrep
25 minCook
10 minContains
tree nut
gluten
Free from
soy
peanut
sesame
Ingredients
Green sauce
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4garlic cloves
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2 cups (48 g)fresh basil
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1 cup (30 g)fresh spinach
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1 cup (170 g)cooked butter beans
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⅔ cup (160 mL)water
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2 Tbsp (17 g)roasted pine nuts
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2 tsp (10 mL)extra-virgin olive oil
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½ tspsalt, plus more to taste
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⅛ tspground black pepper
Spinach pasta
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6½ cups (195 g)fresh spinach
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1¾ cups (228 g)all-purpose flour
Toppings
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3 Tbsp (25 g)roasted pine nuts
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3 Tbsp (4 g)fresh basil, torn
Directions
- Add all the sauce ingredients to a high-speed blender.
- Blitz until smooth*. Set aside.
- Add the spinach and flour to a food processor.
- Blitz until a dough ball forms. Transfer to a floured surface.
- Shape the dough into a 1-inch (2 cm) thick disk**.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Then, using scissors, cut small pieces off the edges of the dough, allowing them to fall into the pot.
- Cook for 5 minutes, or until the pasta floats to the surface.
- Transfer the cooked pasta to a sauté pan, and combine with the sauce. Toss to coat.
- To assemble, divide onto plates and garnish with more pine nuts and fresh basil if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
- * For the creamiest sauce, a high-speed blender is ideal to thoroughly blend the butter beans into a smooth, velvety texture. If using a less powerful blender, the sauce may turn out slightly grainy.
- * If the dough is too sticky to handle, sprinkle with some flour until it's easier to work with.
Storage
- It's best to enjoy this pasta freshly made.
Let us know what you think
Plate method
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Grains & Starches 13%
• all-purpose flour
Proteins 11%
• cooked butter beans
• roasted pine nuts
• nutritional yeast flakes
• roasted pine nuts
Fruits & Veggies 76%
• garlic clove
• fresh basil
• fresh spinach
• fresh spinach
• fresh basil
Calcium
No significant sources of calciumFat
• roasted pine nuts
• extra-virgin olive oil
• roasted pine nuts
Nutrition info
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Wow! I didn’t expect to love this one! I loved making the pasta from spinach! It was incredible!
This is delicious and it was super easy to make. I was amazed by the amount of spinach that I could feed my Toddler this way. He loved the taste and shape of the pasta - even though he was a little disappointed by all the „green stuff“ that went into the pasta at the beginning but after one bite he was hooked.
I recommended it to a friend of mine and her kids loved the pasta as well. Her 5-year old helped in the kitchen and he ran over to let us know that he just made amazing tasting pasta for all of us.
Thank you so much for this awesome recipe and green booster for a new weeknight rotation.
This was sooo simple to make! And for once it took me less time than what the recipe said, it's the easiest homemade pasta I've ever made!
It was pretty good, even approved by a partner that doesn't like spinach ;)
I'll do it again for sure, but I wonder what other sauces could go well with these pasta?
This is perfect! Zero chopping and loads of greens in a super tasty meal! I would never have thought I'd have the time (or inclination) to make pasta after work, but this recipe is so simple! We had it with the tomato side salad recipe in the app for a nice contrast of colours. Will definitely make this again!
Easy peasy! So quick and so creamy!
Would highly recommend fresh cherry tomatoes as an addition. Next time I will cut the dough into tiny pieces to make them more spaghetti-like...but such a great and filling dish <3 Greetings from Germany!
Simple and fun! Good flavours, smart recipy and great way to get tons of spinach in. Works best with plenty of toppings.
Very yummy. Even my two year old loved it.
I really liked the recipe, everything worked out well, except I had add a bit of water to make pasta
I love this idea. Just have a question, could I use gluten free flour. Like chickpea or Yuca?
Writing this as i am eating it, its actually really delicious it taste like pesto pasta, so a great way to add spinach without really tasting it.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT blend the spinach wet! I did and OMG the mess 😹 i threw out that batch and did it again with dried spinach.
Thank you PUL for helping many of us incorporate good food in our daily lives. Keep em coming!!! ❣️
Hi! Looks soooo delicious. I was wondering if you think it’s possible to swap for whole wheat flour? Thanks!
Amazing!! So easy and delicious 😍
Oh i was impressed with how easy it was to make homemade pasta like this, who knew?! And that color was just WOW!
I was nervous and next time I will make it better, but the nutrients is off the chart and it's good!
This is such a quick way of making something like "gnocchi" but without the work, so delicious and nutritious, will make it part of my weekly meals!
Thank you, PUL, for embracing the flavour and nourishment of the food rather than focusing on dieting and restrictions which veganism is far too often associated with. My non-vegan boyfriend is impressed every time we follow your recepie and loves to cook with me now :)
We made this dish together today and we both liked it a lot :) The dough needed some additional flour but the end result was great nevertheless! :)