Baked Pasta With Spinach, Lemon and Cheese

Submitted by Ck2plz

"This was in cooking Light. The dish sounds yummy even though it does not have any meat in it. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 283.49 g fusilli
• 141.74 g fresh Baby Spinach
• 14.79 ml olive oil
• 946.36 ml chopped onions
• 31.18 g flour, about a 1/4 cup
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 591.47 ml 1% low-fat milk
• 118.29 ml dry white wine
• 236.59 ml grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, divided
• 3.69 ml salt
• 1.23 ml grated lemon rind
• 2.46 ml pepper
• 177.44 ml panko breadcrumbs, divided

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook pasta in boiling water for 8 minutes or until almost al dente, omitting salt and fat.
3. Remove from heat; stir in spinach. Let stand for 2 minutes or until spinach wilts. Drain pasta mixture well.
4. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add onion; cook 15 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently.
5. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Add flour and garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly with a whisk.
6. Gradually add milk and wine; cook 8 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens, stirring constantly.
7. Stir in 3/4 cup of cheese, salt and rind. Remove from heat; stir in pepper.
8. Add pasta mixture, and toss gently to coat.
9. Spoon pasta mixture into a 13x9 inch-glass or ceramic baking dish coated with cooking spray.
10. Sprinkle half of panko breadcrumbs over pasta, and top evenly with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
11. Sprinkle the remaining half of panko breadcrumbs over cheese.
12. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes.

Reviews

[WiGal]

I altered a few ingredient amounts- reduced onion to 1 cup and doubled the lemon zest. I do think the white sauce tastes a tad too floury so next time would reduce the flour to 3 tablespoons, think it does need the liquid amount suggested. Did not use panko b/c I discovered that I need to buy some. Think chopped toasted walnuts might be nice instead of panko. Thank you Ck2piz for sharing.