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Creamy Spinach Pasta

Creamy Spinach Pasta

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Creamy Spinach Pasta

Creamy Spinach Pasta

This is a delicious pasta dish with fresh spinach and rich white sauce. It is my version of fettuccini alfredo. Creamy spinach pasta looks and tastes great. Its a nice vegetarian appetizer.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

For Pasta

  • 6 oz penne pasta approx. 2 cups uncooked
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp salt

For Sauce

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour plain flour, maida
  • 1 tsp dry basil
  • 1 tsp Italian herb mix
  • 1/8 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp red chili flakes adjust to taste
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 6 oz chopped spinach, just the leaves, about 2 cups

Instructions
 

  • Bring a large pot of water to boil, add salt and oil. After water boils add the pasta.Cook the pasta until it is tender this will take about 10 minutes. Drain the water and set pasta aside.
  • Heat the oil over medium heat and add all-purpose flour, then stir for a minute. Add basil, Italian herb mix, black pepper, and chili flakes, and stir for another minute.
  • While stirring slowly add cream making sure there are no lumps. After it comes to a boil, add milk then bring it to a boil again.
  • Add spinach, mix it well and let it cook for 2-3 minutes stirring continuously, then turn off the heat. Add Mozzarella cheese and stir.
  • Pour the sauce over pasta and toss.

Notes

Serve pasta with crusty bread, Vegetable Soup, and Spinach Couscous Salad
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Comments

42 responses to “Creamy Spinach Pasta”

  1. Melanie

    Hello.
    I tried this today and it came out lovely.

    Thanks

  2. Didina

    I am Italian and we don’t know fettuccine Alfredo, that’s Italian American, but this recipe looks good. Spinach and cream is a natural combination. If you can find it try stracchino cheese instead of mozzarella – it’s a perfect match (it’s fatter than mozzarella, so maybe you could reduce the cream).

    1. Didina

      I should clarify – a pasta similar to “fettuccine Alfredo” is fetteccine al burro, which is just fettuccine with burro, parmesan and little else, a dish that you will never find in a restaurant. The American recipe takes its roots from similar but more elaborate pasta dish made by a Roman innkeeper, Alfredo, which then got popular in the USA with some changes. But if you go to Italy and ask of fettuccine alfredo, nobody knows what you are talking about.

      Anyway I will try this dish, but I will use stracchino! You can also put stracchino in pizza, it’s fantastic especially with pesto.

  3. Apurva

    hello Mam ,by heavy cream do you mean Malaai?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Apurva, just cream

  4. Asha Midhun

    Hi Manjula aunty,
    i just tried the creamy spinach pasta recipe. It has come out really well even though I replaced cream with boiled milk. As today was just another boring day.. I needed something simple n different for dinner.. ur recipe has simply n mind blowingly made our night. Myself n hubby liked it a lot..
    Thanks a lot n hats off for ur efforts.

  5. Shanoo kundra

    Amazing recipe….I am loving it

  6. Jane

    Was pleasantly surprised to find your wonderful website. So nice to see diverse recipes on here. Will look forward to trying some of them.

  7. bhavs

    Does mozzarella cheese and the heavy cream make the sauce creamy ??I tried without cream and cheddar cheese the sauce was still excellent ..

  8. bhavs

    The sauce was excellent, thanks for the recipe. But it was not creamy( I did not use heavy cream and used cheddar cheese instead of mozzarella ) is this the reason ??

    1. Neil

      Recipes are meant to be followed. Why have you asked her about a recipe that YOU created?!

  9. Anita

    Amazing presentation… Inspires to make this pasta. Thank u 🙂

  10. Gopali

    Hi Mam,

    Wanted to acknowledge my thanks for sharing this recipe. The pasta was just superb with respect to the taste and look.

    Cheers 🙂 !!!

  11. Gayathri

    hello aunty,
    my name is gayathri. i’m 13 yrs old i tried your creamy spinach pasta it cane out very well. but the thing was that that i used a different kind of pasta and it was without cream. but the tastwe was excellent

  12. Raji

    Hi mam, I have done …its very nice…without heavy cream i prepared….taste is similar to the pasta which prepared in olive garden….I had this type of pasta 2 years back in US ……currently im in india. i prepared the same…I am so lucky because i got your website ……

    Thank you mam…..Now i wish and try to prepare other dishes also…..

  13. Raji

    hi mam,

    is heavy cream needed for this pasta… shall i prepare the pasta without heavy cream. what is the purpose of heavy cream in this..Please let me whether i have to use boiled milk or non boiled milk….

    1. Manjula Jain

      Raji,
      Heavy cream make the pasta more creamy, or use the boiled milk.

  14. Premi

    Isn’t according to ayurveda salt and milk poisonous? Any way of avoind and still make such sause? Thank you!

  15. Renee

    This was wonderful, Manjula! Thanks for the wonderful recipe. 🙂

  16. Emma Darga

    This is a wonderful Italian-inspired dish, in which I added a few artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes, as well as a few diced water chestnuts for a bit of crunch.

    I like this recipe served with a crusty artisan bread and my olive oil dipping sauce, which contains: EVOO; balsamic vinegar; shredded Romano or Parmesan; fresh garlic and basil; and a few red pepper flakes.

    Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe. I found the best cream at my local Hispanic market in the deli. It’s called “cream favorita.”

    Bon appetit!

    1. Emma Darga

      Correction: “Crema Favorita.”

  17. zainab

    can you cook the ingredient with everything the same but except for adding spinach

  18. Bex

    I wrote about this dish in my blog HERE, Manjula! Thanks again for all these wonderful videos. You have opened up a whole new world for me here.

  19. Bex

    Manjula, we just had this spinach pasta dish for supper and loved it. Thanks.

  20. Kiran

    Manjula Aunty, Can you please show us russian salad with eggless mayonnaise? Thanks.

  21. Sree

    Namaste Aunty,

    Thank you for sharing such amazing recipes.

    I made the creamy spinach pasta for my family, and everyone just loved it, and I loved watching them relish it. Just wanted to pass the compliments that I got, to you..

  22. Rucha Patil

    this recipe was really awesome..my daughter loved it a lot..

  23. Bhavika

    Hi Aunty,
    Can I substitute heavy cream with something else?
    Let me know.
    If not then let me know which brand heavy cream to use and where can i bug it ?

    Thanks,
    Bhavika

  24. sweta

    hi aunty,
    I m in USA,can i make it with light cream, can u prefer some brands for light cream or heavy cream

    1. Manjula Jain

      Sweta,
      Try with any cream, it will be good.

  25. Melanie

    Can i use a different cheese instead of mozzarela ?

  26. Priya

    Hi Aunty,

    The Creamy Spinach Pasta looks really yummy. Thanks for such a delicious looking recipe. However, I would like to know what heavy cream do you use? where did you buy it from? Let me know the brand even.

    Thanks!

    – Priya

  27. Liane

    I think instead of mozzarella cheese I would use parmesan cheese a’s it will make the sauce not stringy. And to make a white sauce for a cheese sauce I would use a roux – which is melt butter (not ghee as that will impart a ghee flavor and then add the flour.

  28. Ralph Meyer

    Looks delicious, Manjula! Thanks for another great recipe and instructions on how to make it!

  29. Arti Verma Kanaujia

    hello Auntie,

    I am a regular follower of your website….anything that i have to prepare…first i check your receipe and then i cook it…and trust me all have turned so well…today i made Creamy Spinach Pasta….I used some corn along with Spinach….and it was yum…..!!!!

    Thanks so much auntie for posting this recipe.

    Just one request…please post some more recipes of eggless baking…brownies..chocolate making and candy making…Please make a new section of Baking & Confectionary…..that would be wonderful.

    Thanks so much !!!!
    Love,
    Arti verma Kanaujia

  30. Jayashree

    Hi,
    This is my fav dish. Thanks for posting the recipe. Can we make this with other type of pasta too apart from penne? Do let me know.
    Thank you,
    Jayashree

    1. Manjula Jain

      Jayashree,
      Use your choice of pasta.

      1. rupal garg

        h manjula ji,
        thanks for this delious recipe.this is one of my fav dish.even my husband and my kid both likes this.thanks alot….

  31. tachi

    hello manjula aunty,
    i have been regular follower of ur site & have learnt the delicious recipes from u . Could u help me by telling that how do you clean your cooking range as it shines very brightly . please ………..help me

    1. Manjula Jain

      Tachi,
      I keep damp kitchen towel close to me and have a habit keep wiping the working counter and stove.

  32. swann2b

    My husband and I love this. Thanks for the great recipe!

  33. Katarina

    What a lovely dish!

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