Creamy Spinach Pasta

Pasta with lots of spinach and creamy sauce using garlic, parmesan, cream cheese and Italian season. Delicious creamy pasta with healthy Spinach makes a perfect dinner.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 507kcal

Author Subhasmita

Ingredients

8 ounce Dried pasta
1.5 pound Baby Spinach
2 tablespoon Butter
1 small Onion
1.5 tablespoon Garlic minced
2 tablespoons Flour
½ cup Chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
⅓ cup Chopped sundried tomatoes
4 ounce Cream Cheese
½ cup Parmesan (more for serving)
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning

Instructions

Cook pasta as per package instruction. Reserve 1 cups of pasta water to use later.
In a bowl add soft cream cheese, parmesan cheese and 3/4 cup warm pasta cooking water. Whisk everything until smooth. Alternatively, put everything in a blender and process it until smooth.
Saute onion and garlic in butter until onion softens. Add spinach and cook on low heat until spinach is cooked and completely wilted.
Keeping the heat low, add flour, Italian seasoning, chilli pepper flakes, and let it cook for minute without turning it brown. Keep stirring it to avoid is getting stuck to the pan.
Slowly add chicken stock to the pan, followed by the cream cheese mix. Mix slowly to form a lump free sauce.
Add cooked pasta, chopped sundried tomaotes to the sauce. Toss to coat and switch off the flame.

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