Ham fusilli with spinach sauce

Name: Ham fusilli with spinach sauce
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 7-10 Tbsp Salt; 600 g young leaf spinach; 2 Garlic cloves; 100 g Parmesan (piece); 100 g thin slices of raw ham; 400 g Spiral noodles (e.g. Fusilli); 1 TABLESPOON Olive oil; 200 g Whipped cream; 7-10 Tbsp Pepper and nutmeg

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

Fresh leaf spinach, parmesan, garlic and cream can be pureed easily and quickly. The advantage of spiral noodles: they absorb a lot of the spicy sauce in their grooves.

COOK TIME
20 mins

TOTAL TIME
20 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4

7-10 Tbsp Salt
600 g young leaf spinach
2 Garlic cloves
100 g Parmesan (piece)
100 g thin slices of raw ham
400 g Spiral noodles (e.g. Fusilli)
1 TABLESPOON Olive oil
200 g Whipped cream
7-10 Tbsp Pepper and nutmeg

Directions

1
Boil up plenty of salted water for the pasta. In the meantime wash and drain the spinach. Peel and chop the garlic. Grate 75 g Parmesan finely. Slice 25 g parmesan. Roughly pluck the ham. Cook pasta in boiling salted water according to package instructions.
2
Heat the oil in a pot. Sauté the garlic in it. Approx. 3⁄4 Add spinach and let it collapse. Add cream and approx. 100 ml pasta water. Puree the spinach with a hand blender. Stir in grated parmesan. Season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
3
Drain the pasta, mix with the spinach sauce and the rest of the spinach. Sprinkle with ham and parmesan.