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Radiatori with spinach and stracchino
This tasty and healthy vegetarian pasta with spinach and stracchino recipe is perfect when made with pasta like radiatori or fusilli.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 577 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Ingredients
- 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)
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.
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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
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
% 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% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.