Pasta and Spinach With Ricotta and Herbs

Submitted by Gatorbek

"This recipe is courtesy of Chef #452940 's Recipe #255542 combined with my own inability to read instructions before proceeding to cook dinner. Fortunately, the result was tasty, so here it is - with their blessing!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 3⁄4 lb pasta (I used penne)
• 1 (10 ounce) box frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon dried tarragon
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 3⁄4 cup ricotta cheese
• 1⁄4 cup heavy cream (or mascarpone cheese)
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste

directions

1. Cook pasta in salted water according to package instructions.
2. In a large bowl mix remaining ingredients and set aside.
3. Drain the pasta, reserving 1/4 cup of the cooking water.
4. Thoroughly toss pasta with the cheese mixture and reserved cooking liquid. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[2Bleu]

We had this for dinner tonight using shells and it was a pretty good dish. We felt that the ricotta did not go too well with the spinach/pasta though and we would perhaps use cream cheese and sour cream for the sauce next time. Overall, we liked this dish and the butter was the perfect amount. :)

 

[Bonnie G #2]

Very good and easy to follow directions. Made this for dinner just as directed on one of my first attempts at cooking since arriving in Italy and DH proclaimed it a success. Thanks for posting.

 

[gertc96]

This was really good. When I first looked at the recipe I thought 1/2 cup butter was a lot, but it was the perfect amount. I also liked the addition of the pasta water. It gave this dish such a wonderful flavor. I do have to say though that I didn't serve mine immediatly. I let it sit for about 10 min. and let the ingredients marry with the pasta water and thicken up a bit. All my water was sitting at the bottom when I first added it but did thicken up nicely. I used spaghetti since that's what we had on hand. Next time, I'll also use about half the parsley. I found it a bit over powering. Will prepare again though. Made for photo tag.