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Pasta with Lemon and Spinach

A light pasta dish with lemon flavours
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gm Pasta - Fettucchini, Spaghetti, Penne
  • 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 4 Garlic Cloves crushed
  • 2 Spring Onions chopped
  • 1 Lemon, finely grated rind and juice
  • 100 gm Baby spinach leaves
  • 1/4 Cup Parsley, chopped
  • Pinch Salt
  • Pinch Black Pepper

Method
 

  1. Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil.
  2. Cook the pasta according to packet, fresh usually only takes 3-5 mins, dried 8-12 minutes.
  3. Heat oil in large fry pan, cook spring onion and garlic a couple of minutes.
  4. Add butter, lemon rind stir until butter melts.
  5. Add spinach, parsley, lemon juice and 1/2 cup pasta cooking water, cook until spinach wilts.
  6. Toss cooked pasta through sauce and serve.

Notes

This is an incredibly quick dish you could also add some chicken but it will take an extra 10 minutes or so.
It pairs very well with dishes as a side.