Skip the pricey store-bought spinach pasta and make your own at home – no fancy gear and no fuss. This step-by-step video proves you don’t need a chef’s hat to make something drool-worthy. Bonus? You probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen.
Spinach noodle pasta
Serves 4
Jamie Oliver made us do it. With these spinach-packed noodles, you can colour your plate while whipping up dinner in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
200g baby spinach
300g flour + extra for dusting
1 tsp salt
1-2 Tbsp olive oil + extra for garnish
1 tsp ground cumin
¼ cup butter
3 cloves garlic, grated
1 lemon, zested and juiced
Salt and milled pepper
Basil leaves, to garnish
1 ball fresh mozzarella, torn
Method
- Blend the spinach, flour, salt, olive oil and cumin in a food processor until a smooth dough forms.
- Dust the work surface with flour. Pinch off about R5 coin-sized dough and roll into a thick noodle using your fingertips. Repeat with remaining dough. Dust in flour and set aside.
- Melt butter in a pan and sauté garlic over low heat for 1-2 minutes or until fragrant. Remove from heat.
- Bring a pot with salted water to a boil and cook noodles for about 3-4 minutes or until tender. Reserve about 2-3 Tbsp of the noodle water then drain.
- Add prepared noodles to the pan over medium heat, add noodle water, lemon zest and a squeeze of lemon juice. Season and toss well to coat.
- Serve the noodles with torn basil and mozzarella.
