- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Serving: 4
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 644
- Fat Content: 30g
- Saturated Fat Content: 16g
- Carbohydrate Content: 80g
- Sugar Content: 6g
- Fiber Content: 7g
- Protein Content: 19g
- Sodium Content: 0.52g
Pasta with garlicky greens
Ingredients
- olive-oil - 1 tbsp olive oil
- leek - 3 leeks, finely sliced
- garlic-clove - 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- spinach - 250g spinach or shredded kale
- creme-fraiche - 200ml creme fraiche
- orecchiette - 400g orecchiette or other short pasta
- blue-cheese - 50g blue cheese, crumbled
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a frying pan. Add the leeks and garlic and let them soften for 15 mins. Stir in the spinach or kale for final few mins to wilt. Add the creme fraiche, stir and remove from the heat.
- Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling water. Drain the pasta, put it back in its saucepan, then stir the leek sauce into it. Serve in bowls with crumbled blue cheese on top.
Vegetarian comfort food recipe for 4 people, takes only 25 mins; recipe has olive oil, leek, garlic clove, spinach, crème fraîche, orecchiette and blue cheese.
