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Kale Pasta Recipe

This fresh kale pasta is an amazing option if you’re looking for a quick, healthy meal with an array of excellent flavors. All you need to do is cook the kale and pasta, add a delicious base, and finish off with some pepper and dried chili. Viola — dinner is served! 

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch Fresh Kale
  • 300 grams fusilli pasta 11oz
  • 30 black olives pitted
  • 2 garlic cloves one per person
  • Dry chili
  • 1 tbsp rock salt
  • extra virgin olive oil as much as required
  • pepper as much as required

Instructions

Prepare the Kale
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  1. Clean and break the kale into small pieces with your hands. Be sure to remove it from the stem. The smaller you can cut/break the kale pieces, the better!
Cook the Pasta
  1. Add 1 tablespoon of rock salt to a pot of boiling water and dissolve before adding the pasta and kale to the water.
  2. Stir the ingredients with a long wooden spoon to ensure no pasta gets stuck to the bottom of the pot while cooking.
  3. Cook for about 10 minutes.
Make the Base of the Pasta
  1. While the pasta and kale are cooking, it’s time to create the base of the pasta. Start by adding 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil to a large saucepan on low heat.
  2. Crush and add 2 cloves of garlic.
  3. Quickly add 1 tablespoon of pasta water to keep the garlic from burning.
  4. Crush and add black olives, along with half of the dried chili (save the other half to sprinkle onto the kale).
Put it All Together
  1. Next, add the cooked kale and pasta to the saucepan as well as half a mug of pasta water.
  2. Gently mix, then sprinkle the rest of the dried chili and add pepper.
  3. Time to toss! Mix everything through really well so all the flavours can infuse. Use a large spoon to serve the pasta on a large plate. You’re all done!