Radiatori with spinach and stracchino

Name: Radiatori with spinach and stracchino
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving
Ingredients: 360 g radiatori pasta; 300 g fresh or frozen spinach; 200 g stracchino cheese; 2 garlic cloves; 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1 pinch nutmeg; salt; Black pepper to taste; ½ glass whole milk; 150 g cooked ham

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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings
4
Calories
577 kcal
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Italian

Radiatori with spinach and stracchino

Daisy Meyer

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This tasty and healthy vegetarian pasta with spinach and stracchino recipe is perfect when made with pasta like radiatori or fusilli.

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Ingredients

Servings

360 g radiatori pasta (12oz) or fusilli ( I use Rummo radiatori)
300 g fresh or frozen spinach (10-11oz)
200 g stracchino cheese (70z) or ricotta, mascarpone or crescenza
2 garlic cloves peeled and crushed
2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch nutmeg
salt to cook pasta and to taste
Black pepper to taste
½ glass whole milk
150 g cooked ham 5-6oz (optional)

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Instructions

Cook the spinach on a medium heat in a covered pot until it has softened (do not add fats, water or salt). As soon as it is ready, drain and shake or press with your hands to remove the water.
Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. When it starts to boil add salt and bring to the boil again.
In the meantime, finely chop the spinach and cook it for a few minutes in a frying pan with 1-2 tablespoons of heated olive oil, a pinch of salt, a pinch of nutmeg and the crushed garlic.
Cook the pasta in the boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Before draining the pasta save a cup of the cooking water.
Puree the stracchino together with 2 tablespoons of milk in a bowl. Add a little more milk and continue to mash until you have a creamy consistency. If you want it to be more liquidy, you can add some of the pasta cooking water. You can also use a hand held blender for this.
Remove the garlic from the spinach and mix in the stracchino cream. Add black pepper to taste.
Add the drained pasta to the cream and spinach. Mix well and serve with grated Parmesan if required.
I also made this dish with cooked ham. Just cut the ham into small pieces and add it to the frying pan when you are cooking the spinach and garlic.

Notes

If you can’t find stracchino, you can also use crescenza (a type of stracchino) mascarpone or fresh ricotta.
Instead of radiatori, this recipe works really well with fusilli.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 577kcal (29%) Carbohydrates 73g (24%) Protein 28g (56%) Fat 19g (29%) Saturated Fat 7g (35%) Polyunsaturated Fat 2g Monounsaturated Fat 8g Cholesterol 56mg (19%) Sodium 551mg (23%) Potassium 828mg (24%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 4g (8%) Vitamin A 7303IU (146%) Vitamin C 30mg (33%) Calcium 238mg (24%) Iron 4mg (22%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 577 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories	577kcal	29%
Carbohydrates	73g	24%
Protein	28g	56%
Fat	19g	29%
Saturated Fat	7g	35%
Polyunsaturated Fat	2g	12%
Monounsaturated Fat	8g	40%
Cholesterol	56mg	19%
Sodium	551mg	23%
Potassium	828mg	18%
Fiber	5g	20%
Sugar	4g	8%
Vitamin A	7303IU	146%
Vitamin C	30mg	33%
Calcium	238mg	24%
Iron	4mg	22%