Use this creamy spinach pasta recipe to make a delicious, comforting, and filling meal. Making pasta with spinach enriches it with nutrients, it's simple and quick, and in less than 25 minutes you can have it on the dinner table.Serve on its own or with sides like garlic chicken thighs, seafood, baked sausages, steak, garlic bread, or salad.
Boil PastaIn a pot, add water, let it boil then add salt. Add pasta to the boiling water, stir, and cook it till it's aldente. Reserve some of the pasta water then strain the pasta in a colander.
Make the creamy spinach sauceWhile the pasta is boiling, place a skillet or pot on medium heat.
Add oil to the skillet then add the diced onions. Saute the onions for 2-3 minutes or until it's translucent.
Add minced garlic, and saute for another 1 minute then add parsley, basil, oregano, paprika, black pepper, and salt.
Stir in the double cream and Parmesan, then add the spinach to the sauce. Cook it for 2 minutes or until the spinach is wilted.Add some pasta water to thin the sauce if needed .
Combine Pasta with spinach sauceAdd the cooked pasta to the creamy spinach sauce, then stir to combine the pasta and spinach sauce.
Simmer for 1-2 minutes then take it off heat.
Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Any type of pasta works for this recipe however I like short pasta like penne, macaroni, and rigatoni because they soak in the sauce.
Follow the instructions on the pasta packet to boil it aldente. Here is also a detailed post on how to boil pasta.
If you prefer, you can blend the spinach, or chop it before adding it to the sauce.
Let the parmesan melt, and the spinach wilted before adding the pasta.
You can also serve it with extra parmesan cheese. Yum!