Quick Spinach Lemon Pasta

Quick Spinach Lemon Pasta

Serves 4

What you need to do

9 oz. (255g) pasta, 5.3 oz. (150g) spinach, 1 lemon, zested & juiced, 2 garlic cloves, minced 3 tbsp. + 1 tsp. olive oil, 4 tbsp. nutritional yeast, salt & pepper, 3 tbsp. pine nuts, roasted

Cook the pasta according to instructions on the packaging, reserve some of the pasta water before draining the pasta.

Blanch the spinach in boiling water until it’s just wilted. Cool and squeeze out any excess water.

Place the spinach into a food processor along with the garlic, lemon zest, half the lemon juice, olive oil and nutritional yeast. Season with salt and pepper and blitz until smooth.

Mix the spinach paste with the cooked pasta. Add a little of the reserved pasta water if necessary, to achieve a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper, top with pine nuts and serve immediately.

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