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One Pot Italian Pasta Spaghete cu Spanac si Rosii recipe

One-Pot Italian Pasta

Gourmandelle.com
This quick one-pot Italian pasta recipe is the ultimate comfort meal! It's so easy to make and uses only simple, flavorful ingredients.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 -8

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g spaghetti You can use gluten-free spaghetti, if needed
  • ~500ml tomato juice passata
  • 6 garlic cloves minced
  • A handful of fresh basil chopped
  • 5-6 handfuls of fresh spinach
  • 2 Tbsps grated parmesan optional – vegans can skip this or replace it with some nooch - nutritional yeast flakes
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1-2 pinches chili flakes
  • ½ tsp ground pepper
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Add water into a large pot and bring it to a boil. Add ½ tsp of salt.
  • When it starts boiling, add spaghetti.
  • Cook spaghetti for 8 minutes.
  • Drain almost all the water, but leave just a little bit on the bottom (about ½ cup).
  • Put the pot back on the stove at low temperature.
  • Add tomato juice and stir.
  • Add garlic cloves, salt, pepper, onion powder, and chili flakes.
  • Cook for 3 more minutes, while stirring occasionally.
  • Add basil and 1-2 handfuls of spinach. Stir and cover the fresh leaves with the hot pasta. It will steam in a couple of seconds.
  • Add the rest of the spinach and stir. Let it steam in the hot pasta.
  • Cook for 2 more minutes and remove from heat.
  • Add grated parmesan (optional), stir and cover with a lid.
  • You can serve it in about a minute.
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