Lemon & Spinach Tagliatelle

Lemon & Spinach Tagliatelle

Lemon & Spinach Tagliatelle
Yields2 Servings
 6 Tagliatelle Nests
 100 g Light cream cheese
 1 Lemon (zest & juice)
 30 g Parmesan
 1 tbsp Sea salt flakes
 1 Large handful of baby spinach
 30 g Toasted pine nuts
1

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook tagliatelle according to packet instructions.

2

Meanwhile, prepare the sauce by mixing cream cheese, zest, ¼ of the lemon juice, parmesan and salt together. (Taste at this stage and see if it needs more juice remember it will be slightly mellower when mixed through pasta)

3

Reserve a cup of the pasta cooking water before draining pasta.

4

Return the pasta to the saucepan along with the sauce, spinach and ½ of the pine nuts. Stir until the spinach begins to wilt into the hot pasta and sauce you can add a little of the pasta cooking water to loosen sauce and help it stick to the pasta.

5

Using a pasta claw or tongs, pile pasta into serving bowls and scatter with remaining pine nuts.

Ingredients

 6 Tagliatelle Nests
 100 g Light cream cheese
 1 Lemon (zest & juice)
 30 g Parmesan
 1 tbsp Sea salt flakes
 1 Large handful of baby spinach
 30 g Toasted pine nuts

Directions

1

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook tagliatelle according to packet instructions.

2

Meanwhile, prepare the sauce by mixing cream cheese, zest, ¼ of the lemon juice, parmesan and salt together. (Taste at this stage and see if it needs more juice remember it will be slightly mellower when mixed through pasta)

3

Reserve a cup of the pasta cooking water before draining pasta.

4

Return the pasta to the saucepan along with the sauce, spinach and ½ of the pine nuts. Stir until the spinach begins to wilt into the hot pasta and sauce you can add a little of the pasta cooking water to loosen sauce and help it stick to the pasta.

5

Using a pasta claw or tongs, pile pasta into serving bowls and scatter with remaining pine nuts.

Lemon & Spinach Tagliatelle

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