Steps to Make Award-winning Tomato and Spinach Pasta

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, tomato and spinach pasta. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tomato and Spinach Pasta is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Tomato and Spinach Pasta is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook tomato and spinach pasta using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tomato and Spinach Pasta:

1. Prepare Penne pasta (use packet instructions for serving size)
2. Make ready 1/2 onion
3. Make ready 2 cloves garlic
4. Take 1 Tbsp olive oil
5. Take 1/2 can plum tomatoes
6. Make ready 250 g fresh spinach
7. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
8. Prepare Pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
9. Take to taste Salt and pepper,
10. Take 1 tbsp tomato puree
11. Take 3 – 4 tbsp cream cheese (I used Philedelphia Light)
12. Take Grated parmesan, for sprinkling over

Steps to make Tomato and Spinach Pasta:

1. Bring a large pan of salted water to a boil over high heat.
2. Add the pasta, cook for 10 minutes and then drain it.
3. While waiting for the pasta to cook, dice the onion and chop the garlic.
4. Add the olive oil to a large pan and fry the onions and garlic over a medium heat until softened and transparent (about 5 minutes).
5. Add the tomatoes (with juices), oregano, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to the pan and stir.
6. Add the tomato puree and a splash of water to the pan and stir until the tomato puree is dissolved into the sauce. Turn the heat down to low.
7. Cut the cream cheese into a few pieces and then add them to the pan. Stir the sauce until the cream cheese has fully melted in.
8. Add some of the parmesan to the pan and stir until it melts. Add the spinach and gently stir it into the sauce until it has wilted (3-5 minutes).
9. Add the pasta and stir until it is well coated in the creamy tomato sauce.
10. Taste and adjust the salt and pepper as needed. (I added a bit of extra cream cheese on top)

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