Farmhouse Pasta
Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
This is one of our favorite pasta recipes. I've made it for 2 and I've made it for a group of 12. It's easy, quick, healthy and full of flavor.
Farmhouse Pasta
Total time: 30 minutes
The sauce cooks in the time it takes to boil the water, so it's quicker if you use fresh pasta. The recipe is based on one I found ages ago in 'The Book of Sauces'. The original recipe said to thaw the spinach and squeeze dry... then add water. That didn't seem very logical to me so I put the spinach in frozen. The sauce is meant to be very thick - add more water as desired.
Ingredients:
- 1 small onion or 1/2 larger one
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 8oz (240gr) frozen spinach or fresh
- 4oz (120gr) Prosciutto, Serrano or other dry-cured ham
- 4 tbs tomato paste 1 small can
- 1 - 3 tbs water
- 1 little box chevre (goat cheese) - the little cartons of creamy goat cheese, 5oz (150 gr) Chavrie in U.S.; Chevraux in France)
- 4oz (120gr) dry spaghetti or 8oz (240 gr) fresh
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Clean mushrooms (techniques).
- Chop onions, mushrooms and ham.
- Mince garlic.
- Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Add onions, garlic, mushrooms and ham. Sauté for 5 minutes.
- Add tomato paste, spinach and 1 tbs water, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Mind the spinach so that it thaws. If sauce starts to dry out add more water.
- Add goat cheese and stir until it melts.
- Toss with pasta and serve immediately.
Cooking schedule: 30 minutes
Assemble all ingredients and utensils
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
medium skillet with lid, pot and colander for pasta
Put water on high heat for pasta
Clean mushrooms, onions, garlic
Finely chop mushrooms, onions, garlic
Chop Prosciutto
Sauté mushrooms, onions, garlic, Prosciutto
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Add tomato paste, spinach and water
Cover, simmer
Start to cook pasta if using dried
Pause while it all cooks
Cook pasta if using fresh
Add goat cheese, stir, heat through
Drain pasta
Combine pasta and sauce, toss well and
Serve |