Thursday, January 06, 2011

"Carbonara" with spinach

P1180510

Recipe adapted from TheKitchn

Ingredients
3 portions of (3x75gm) Fettuccini - or pasta of your choice
1 x 400g frozen bag of Spinach , drained
ewe's cheese, to taste
2 eggs
chilli flakes, to taste
3 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
bacon, optional ( I didn't use)
salt & pepper , to taste

Method
1) Cook pasta as per packet's instruction. Set aside a few tablespoons of pasta cooking liquid.
2) Meanwhile, beat eggs together with ewe's cheese, add in a little of hot pasta cooking liquid and set aside.
3) When pasta is almost done, heat oil in a sauce pan, sauté garlic for a bit followed by chilli flakes, stir in the spinach, season with salt and pepper to taste and cook for a few minutes.
4) Drain pasta and toss together with egg-cheese mixture and finally stir into sauce pan with spinach. Use pasta cooking liquid to loosen if needed. Mix well and serve.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

"Carbonara" with spinach

P1180510

Recipe adapted from TheKitchn

Ingredients
3 portions of (3x75gm) Fettuccini - or pasta of your choice
1 x 400g frozen bag of Spinach , drained
ewe's cheese, to taste
2 eggs
chilli flakes, to taste
3 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
bacon, optional ( I didn't use)
salt & pepper , to taste

Method
1) Cook pasta as per packet's instruction. Set aside a few tablespoons of pasta cooking liquid.
2) Meanwhile, beat eggs together with ewe's cheese, add in a little of hot pasta cooking liquid and set aside.
3) When pasta is almost done, heat oil in a sauce pan, sauté garlic for a bit followed by chilli flakes, stir in the spinach, season with salt and pepper to taste and cook for a few minutes.
4) Drain pasta and toss together with egg-cheese mixture and finally stir into sauce pan with spinach. Use pasta cooking liquid to loosen if needed. Mix well and serve.