Penne with spinach, pine nuts and ricotta

Name: Penne with spinach, pine nuts and ricotta
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 50 g pine nuts; salt; ½ onion, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 300 g penne; 50 ml olive oil; 20 g freshly grated Parmesan; freshly ground black pepper; 250 g spinach, washed and chopped; 200 g ricotta

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

When I’m in a rush and want a quick dinner, this is what I cook at home. It’ll take you almost as long to read the recipe as it takes to cook the pasta - about 8 minutes.

Ingredients

50 g pine nuts
salt
300 g penne

Dinner
Vegetarian
Pasta
Simple

Method

Place the pine nuts in a dry frying pan and gently heat until they are toasted and golden brown. Keep to one side.
Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add salt and cook the pasta for 8-10 minutes. Drain and keep warm.
To make the sauce, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion and garlic, cover with a lid and cook on a gentle heat for 5 minutes.