Tessa Kiros

Green Tagliatelle

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Limoncello and Linen Water
Limoncello and Linen Water

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2012

  • About

This is easier than you might think — the most challenging part is taking the pasta machine out of the box and attaching it to the table. Once you have got over that block it is tremendously therapeutic. You will feel fabulous and may find yourself planning the next flavour of home-made pasta.

Ingredients

  • 240 g (8½ oz) young English spinach, trimmed (180 g/6’4 oz trimmed weight)
  • 2 eggs
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Method

Wash the spinach well and drop in a pot of salted boiling water for a few minutes. Drain very well. When cool, squeeze out all the water you can, until your arms almost ache. Put it in a blender with 1 egg and pulse until puréed.

Pile the flour on your work surface. Make a well in the centre and add the puréed spinach, the remaining egg, a pinch of salt, the olive oil and water. Use you