Homemade Pasta with Spinach
The best thing about homemade pasta is you can add any flavourings you desire. Spinach gives a warm kick and a lovely green colour to this version.
Ingredients
Serves: 2
- 1 1/4 cups (125g) torn spinach leaves
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups (180g) plain flour
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:3min ›
Extra time:2hours drying ›
Ready in:2hours33min
- Combine spinach and water in a saucepan. Cover and cook till spinach is very tender. Cool slightly.
- Place spinach and liquid in a blender along with the egg and salt. Blend till smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Add enough flour to make a stiff dough.
- Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for 1 minute. Roll out very thinly on a floured surface. Cover and rest for 20 minutes. Roll dough up loosely. Cut into 5cm wide lengths. Unroll. Cut into desired lengths. Spread out on a rack to dry for 2 hours.
- Cook as for any fresh pasta in plenty of rapidly boiling salted water. Drain in a colander and use as desired.
Tip:
Fresh pasta needs only a few minutes in boiling water and it's done. It is finished cooking when the pasta rises to the surface.
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Worked out really well. - 21 Jul 2008
Tasty noodles don't really taste like spinach so my kids liked them too! - 21 Jul 2008
We really enjoyed these! Just a couple tips for anyone using a pasta maker to prepare these noodles (as I did). First- I didn't cook down the spinach. I used a food processor to chop the spinach and then added the water, egg, and flour and blended the dough. This saved on pans/prep time. I plan to do it this way again next time, however, I will omit the water or add more flour in order to create a more dry dough. Otherwise- flavor was very good. Thanks for sharing the recipe! - 06 Jan 2011 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)