Pasta With Spinach & Ricotta

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 (250 g) package frozen chopped spinach, cooked and water squeezed out
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 5 -6 basil leaves, chopped
• 1 lb penne
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• nutmeg, to taste
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 boil pasta in salted water until firm but cooked. place in bowl.
• 2 in sausepan, melt butter, sautee pine nuts until they just brown,add garlic and cook 1 minute.
• 3 add spinach and salt,pepper, and nutmeg to taste.
• 4 mix sauce into pasta, add riccota and basil.
• 5 adjust seasonings to taste.
• 6 sprinkle with parmesan cheese, and serve at once.