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Spinach Pasta Noodles (made from scratch at home)

The easiest fresh pasta you can make which comes together with a few pantry ingredients. With a little effort this meal can be made for lunch or dinner easily during the week and happens to be vegetarian.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Pasta
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • Food processor
  • Sauté pan
  • Pasta machine/rolling pin
  • Knife
  • Stock pot
  • Tongs

Ingredients
  

Fresh spinach noodles -

  • 85 g baby spinach wilted and chopped
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 cups pasta flour 00 flour + more for rolling
  • Pinch of salt

Spinach sauce -

  • 250 g baby spinach
  • 30 g butter
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 150 g parmesan cheese
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • Salt & crushed black pepper

Instructions
 

Fresh spinach noodles -

  • To make the pasta dough we need to sauté the baby spinach on high heat until soft.
  • You can chop it finely or transfer it to the food processor and blend until its coarse. Add the eggs and blend again.
  • Add the flour, salt and blend until the mixture forms a dough. We rather have the dough a little damp than dry but it should form a ball easily.
  • Wrap it in cling wrap or a zip lock bag and let it rest at room temperature for at least 30 minutes if not 1 hours. Once rested, divide the dough into 3 parts.
  • Starting with the widest setting on your pasta roller (0 no), run each piece of dough through the roller. Fold the dough in half and then in half again and run it through the roller again. Repeat this process 3 more times until the dough is smooth.
  • If the dough is sticky or starts to rip, sprinkle generously with flour. Move the roller to the next setting and run the pasta sheet through once to thin it out. Continue to do this one at a time until the desired thickness. (I recommend a 3 or 4 for noodles.)
  • Repeat with the remaining pieces of dough, letting the sheets dry out for 30 minutes before cutting. You can do this with a rolling pin as well however this will take more effort and time - definitely doable though.
  • Cook your fresh noodles for 3-5 minutes in a stock pot of boiling salted water or until al dente.

For the spinach sauce -

  • To make the spinach sauce we need to sauté baby spinach in butter with garlic, dried oregano, salt and pepper.
  • Once soft, blend it with parmesan cheese and the pasta cooking liquid until smooth.
  • Pour it back into the sauté pan and using a pair of tongs transfer the cooked noodles to the pan, toss together, taste and season as needed.
  • Serve it hot with more crushed pepper and parmesan cheese.

Notes

  • Fresh pasta cooks very fast so do not over cook it since we cook the pasta further in the spinach sauce as well.
  • Season the pasta well once it is cooked to ensure the flavor is well balance.
  • I also like serving it with a squeeze of lemon juice as well.
  • You can use any noodles and make this sauce with it.