Tagliatelle with spinach, mascarpone and Parmesan

Name: Tagliatelle with spinach, mascarpone and Parmesan
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: European, Mediterranean, Italian
Ingredients: 455 g tagliatelle or spaghetti; olive oil; 2 teaspoons butter; 2 cloves garlic , peeled and sliced; ½ nutmeg , freshly grated; 400 g fresh spinach , washed thoroughly and finely sliced; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; 120 ml double cream; 150 g mascarpone cheese; 2 handfuls Parmesan cheese , freshly grated

2 steps

Prep:25min

“This delicious tagliatelle looks fancy but is really simple to throw together – a great quick dinner ”

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:35:20 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories854.2 kcal (43%)

Total Fat41.2 g (59%)

Carbs92.2 g (35%)

Sugars5.9 g (7%)

Protein24.5 g (49%)

Sodium453.6 mg (23%)

Fiber6 g (21%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

455gtagliatelle

or spaghetti

olive oil

2 teaspoonsbutter

2 clovesgarlic

peeled and sliced

0.5nutmeg

freshly grated

400gfresh spinach

washed thoroughly and finely sliced

sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

120mldouble cream

150gmascarpone cheese

2 handfulsparmesan cheese

freshly grated

Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the pasta, and cook according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile get a frying pan or wok warm, add a drizzle of olive oil, the butter, garlic and nutmeg. When the butter melts, add the spinach. After 5 minutes it will have wilted down and will be nice and dark. A lot of the liquid will have cooked away and you'll have wonderful intensely flavoured spinach. At this point season with salt and pepper until it tastes good, then add the cream, mascarpone and a little ladle of cooking water from the pasta. Let this come to a simmer and then season again.

Step 2

Drain the pasta, reserving some of the cooking water, then stir it into the spinach sauce. Add the Parmesan and toss everything together. Loosen to a nice silky consistency with some of the reserved cooking water, so it doesn't become too claggy. Check once more for seasoning and serve straight away.