CREAMY SPINACH, PINE NUTS AND RAISINS WITH PASTA

Creamy Spinach, Pine Nuts And Raisins With Pasta image

Provided by Marian Burros

Categories dinner, easy, quick, pastas, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 large shallots to yield 3 tablespoons minced shallots
10 ounces fresh packaged spinach or 16 ounces fresh loose spinach
1/4 cup nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
3/4 cup orzo
1 teaspoon olive oil
3 tablespoons pine nuts
4 tablespoons currants
1/8 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

Bring 2 quarts of water to boil in covered pot for orzo.
Mince shallots in food processor.
Wash and trim tough stems from spinach, and set spinach aside.
Mix together yogurt and sour cream.
When the water boils, cook orzo for 9 to 11 minutes.
Heat oil in a nonstick pot large enough to hold all the ingredients but the orzo. Saute the shallots in the oil until they begin to turn golden. Stir in the pine nuts and currants, and cook over low heat until pine nuts begin to brown; set aside.
A few minutes before the orzo is cooked, add spinach to shallot mixture; cover, and cook until spinach wilts.
Remove from heat, and stir in the yogurt mixture; season with salt and pepper.
Drain the orzo, and stir in the spinach mixture.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 449, UnsaturatedFat 11 grams, Carbohydrate 64 grams, Fat 16 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 17 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 312 milligrams, Sugar 21 grams