Ribbon noodles with spinach and ham sauce

AUTHOR
Arlie Wyatt
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 2
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 500 g leaf spinach
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 15 g Butter or margarine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 350 ml Vegetable broth (instant)
  • 250 g Whipped cream
  • 3 TABLESPOONS sauce thickener
  • 400 g ribbon noodles
  • 30 g Pine nuts
  • 1 (approx. 150 g) thick slice of boiled ham

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean the spinach, wash thoroughly several times and drain well. Cut the spinach finely. Peel onion and garlic. Chop onion finely, press garlic through a garlic press. Heat the fat in a saucepan and fry the onion and garlic lightly.

  2. 2

    Add the spinach and steam covered for about 5 minutes until it has collapsed. Season spinach with salt, pepper and nutmeg and deglaze with stock and cream. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1-2 minutes. Stir in sauce thickener, bring to the boil briefly. Season sauce with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Put the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water and boil for about 4 minutes until it becomes bubbly. Roast pine nuts in a pan without fat until golden brown. Cut ham into fine cubes and stir into the sauce, except for something to sprinkle on top. Pour the pasta onto a sieve, rinse briefly in cold water and drain.

  3. 3

    Season sauce with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Put the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water and boil for about 4 minutes until it becomes bubbly. Roast pine nuts in a pan without fat until golden brown. Cut ham into fine cubes and stir into the sauce, except for something to sprinkle on top. Pour the pasta onto a sieve, rinse briefly in cold water and drain. Arrange pasta and sauce on plates and serve sprinkled with pine nuts and remaining ham cubes

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
710 kcal
CARBS
78 g
FATS
32 g
PROTEINS
27 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesPasta