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Ingredients
for
4
Pasta with Creamy Spinach Sauce and Raisins
30 min., ready in 50 min.
Time:
632
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
71 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 500 grams fresh Spinach
- salt
- 60 grams raisins
- 1 garlic clove
- 400 grams short macaroni
- 40 grams Pine nuts
- olive oil
- 50 milliliters dry white wine
- 100 milliliters Vegetable broth
- 3 Tbsps Whipped cream
- 7 Tbsps Ricotta cheese
- freshly ground peppers
- Nutmeg (freshly grated)
Preparation
1.
Rinse spinach, trim and blanch briefly in a pot of boiling salted water. Drain, rinse with cold water, drain again and chop.
2.
Soak raisins in a bowl of lukewarm water. Remove garlic and finely chop.
3.
Cook pasta in a pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
4.
Toast pine nuts in a hot dry pan until golden yellow, remove and set aside. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in the pan and saute garlic until translucent. Add spinach and raisins to the pan, deglaze with wine, broth and cream. Stir, add 3 tablespoons ricotta and season with salt and pepper. Let simmer over medium heat for 5-6 minutes and season with nutmeg.
5.
Drain pasta, add to the pan, mix well, arrange on plates and serve sprinkled with toasted pine nuts and remaining ricotta.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 632 cal. | (30 %) | ||
| Protein | 22 g | (22 %) | ||
| Fat | 21 g | (18 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 84 g | (56 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 8.9 g | (30 %) |