Best Spinach Fettuccine From Cooking Light Recipes

CREAMY SPINACH FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine according to package directions. While pasta is cooking prepare sauce. In a 4-quart saucepan mix spinach, cream, butter, parmesan, onion and garlic powders and salt, and simmer over low heat until combined and heated through. Pour sauce over fettuccine and mix well. Serve immediately with parmesan cheese on the side, if desired. Tips Tip: If not served immediately, the sauce will dry out on the pasta. (I refuse to expose how I came across this valuable lesson. Just take my word for it.) So if not serving immediately, keep sauce and pasta separate. Reheat and mix just before serving. Contributed by: Quick & Kosher, JAMIE GELLER Nutrition information is based on 6 servings and no optional ingredients.

SPINACH FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Tear or coarsely chop spinach.
• In pan, cook garlic and onion in 1/2 of butter until golden.
• Add spinach, cover and cook until wilted.
• Meanwhile, cook fettucine.
• Drain and mix with remaining butter.
• Toss with cream, cheese and spinach.
• Season with lots of pepper and some salt.

HOMEMADE SPINACH PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and fill a medium bowl with ice water. Add the spinach to the pot and cook until wilted, about 30 seconds; drain, then plunge into the ice water. Once chilled, remove the spinach to a kitchen towel and squeeze until dry.
• Combine the blanched spinach, whole eggs and egg yolk, olive oil and a big pinch of salt in a blender and blend until smooth. Mound the flour on a work surface. Make a well in the center, 4 to 5 inches in diameter with high walls. Add the spinach mixture to the well and, using a fork, gradually mix flour from the inner edge of the well into the wet ingredients. Continue incorporating the flour until a rough sticky dough forms. Use a spatula or bench scraper to gather up any loose bits of flour and dough, then use your hands to gather and knead the whole thing together. (If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time.) Knead until a smooth and slightly tacky bright green dough forms, about 6 minutes. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
• Cut the dough into 4 equal pieces; press each into a rough rectangle. Cover 3 of the pieces and set aside. Lightly flour the remaining piece of dough and feed the dough through the widest setting on a pasta maker. Fold the strip in half and feed it through again. Move to the next setting and feed the dough through this setting twice without folding, lightly flouring as needed. Repeat until you are at the third-to-last setting. The dough will be thin but not transparent, about 1/8 inch thick. Lightly flour the pasta sheet, then transfer to a floured baking sheet; halve the sheet crosswise if it's hanging off the baking sheet. Repeat the process with the remaining 3 pieces of dough.
• Attach a long noodle cutter to the pasta maker. Feed each sheet of dough through the cutter, gathering the pasta on the other side. Lightly sprinkle with flour and shape into a loose nest. Return to the baking sheet.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta, gently separating the strands with tongs. Cook until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain. Toss with your sauce, adding the reserved cooking water as needed to loosen.

SPINACH FETTUCCINE (FROM COOKING LIGHT)

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic; saute 30 seconds. Add reserved pasta water and cream cheese, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
• Combine broth and flour in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk to combine; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until mixture thickens, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add pecorino Romano, stirring until smooth. Add half-and-half, salt and pepper. Stir in spinach.
• Combine cheese mixture and pasta in large bowl, tossing to coat. Place about 1 cup pasta mixture in each of 8 bowls; top each serving with 2 1/2 tablespoons bacon. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

SPINACH FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine in 5-quart Dutch oven as directed on package, omitting salt and oil. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water. Return fettuccine to pan; cover to keep warm. Meanwhile, cook frozen spinach as directed on box; squeeze dry.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook and stir 30 seconds. Add reserved cooking water and cream cheese, stirring with whisk until smooth.
• In small bowl, stir broth and flour with whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture to skillet, stirring with whisk until blended. Heat to boiling; cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Add Romano cheese; stir until smooth. Add half-and-half, salt and pepper. Stir in spinach.
• Add spinach mixture to fettuccine in Dutch oven; toss to coat. Divide mixture among 8 bowls; sprinkle evenly with bacon.

FASTEST PASTA WITH SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it. Meanwhile, mince the garlic as finely as possible and combine it in the bottom of a warm bowl with the red pepper flakes, olives and olive oil.
• Place the pasta in the pot, and cook until it is nearly done (test it for doneness by tasting). Plunge the spinach into the water, and cook until it wilts, less than a minute. Drain quickly, allowing some water to cling to the pasta, and toss pasta and spinach in the bowl with the garlic and olive mixture. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

SPINACH SHRIMP FETTUCCINE

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute spinach in oil for 2 minutes or until spinach begins to wilt. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Add the shrimp, tomatoes, Italian seasoning and salt; saute 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. Drain fettuccine and add to skillet; toss to coat. Sprinkle with cheese.

LIGHT SPINACH PASTA WITH TOFU

Steps:

• Boil pasta according to package directions but only till its almost done.
• Wash and clean the spinach and steam with a little water for 4 minutes in the microwave.
• Once it is steamed, blenderize it with the same water to get a spinach paste which is kind of watery
• In a large non stick skillet, heat oil.
• When oil gets hot, add the chopped garlic.
• When the garlic is slightly browned add the onions and stir fry till the onions turn brown.
• Add the tofu and stir fry till the tofu changes color a bit and looks slightly as if it has been fried.
• At this point add the red pepper flakes/powder and stir. Immediately add the the spinach paste
• Let it simmer.
• Add salt.
• When the water from the spinach reduces add the semi cooked pasta and let it cook completely. If you think more water is needed add that.
• I don't add cheese, but can also do the last step in the oven with mozzarella on top.
• I like this hot and cold--tastes good every way.