Name: Pasta with spinach and walnut pesto
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 400g pasta; 200g spinach; 1 small bunch of mint; 1 small bunch parsley; 1 small lemon; 1 clove garlic, minced; 50g walnut; 50g raisins (optional); Extra virgin olive oil

Pasta with spinach and walnut pesto

26 Apr 2015

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Total Time

15 minutes

Background

This pasta mixed with spinach and walnut pesto is a quick and easy dish that's perfect on lazy or busy days as it's ready in 15 minutes. It's dairy-free and can be gluten-free too if appropriate pasta is used.

Ingredients

400g pasta
200g spinach
1 small bunch of mint
1 small bunch parsley
1 small lemon
1 clove garlic, minced
50g walnut
50g raisins (optional)
Extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

Grate the zest of the lemon then squeeze out the juice.
Tip these into a small blender, add the herbs & nuts, then pulse to a coarse paste. Season with salt and pepper, then slowly and gradually add enough olive oil to make a thick paste.
Wash the spinach, drain, then put in a mixing bowl.
Boil the pasta according to the instructions on the package. Pour cooling water over the spinach and leave for 2 minutes until it's wilted, then drain and squeeze out the water through a sieve.
Chop it up roughly and stir through the pasta together with the pesto and raisins (if used).
Serve warm.