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🍝 Pasta with Ham in Creamy Mushroom-Spinach Sauce

548 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Organic lemons 1 pc.
• Mushrooms, white 400 g
• Spring onions 1 bunch
• Salt 1 tbsp
• Leaf spinach 350 g
• Black Forest ham 125 g
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Pepper, black ground pinch
• Pappardelle, fresh 800 g
• Cream cheese, plain 200 g
• Sugar pinch

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the lemon under hot water.
2. 2. Grate about one teaspoon of the zest.
3. 3. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out the juice.
4. 4. Clean the mushrooms with kitchen paper if necessary.
5. 5. Cut the mushrooms into quarters.
6. 6. Wash the spring onions.
7. 7. Remove the roots from the spring onions.
8. 8. Slice the spring onions into thin rings.
9. 9. Set aside the green rings of the spring onions.
10. 10. Bring five liters of salted water to a boil in a large pot.
11. 11. Wash the spinach.
12. 12. Drain the spinach.
13. 13. Chop the spinach finely.
14. 14. Remove the fatty edge from the ham.
15. 15. Tear the ham into small pieces.
16. 16. Heat the oil in a pan over high heat.
17. 17. Sauté the mushrooms with a pinch of salt for about three minutes.
18. 18. Add one teaspoon of lemon zest.
19. 19. Add one teaspoon of lemon juice.
20. 20. Add the white rings of the spring onions.
21. 21. Season the mixture with pepper.
22. 22. Cook everything over medium heat for about two minutes.
23. 23. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water for about four minutes.
24. 24. Cook the pasta al dente (firm to the bite).
25. 25. Add the spinach to the pan.
26. 26. Add the green spring onion rings to the pan.
27. 27. Add one to two ladles of the cooking water to the pan.
28. 28. Let the sauce simmer for about three to four minutes.
29. 29. Drain the pasta.
30. 30. Remove the pan from the heat.
31. 31. Add the cream cheese to the sauce.
32. 32. Season the sauce with a little salt.
33. 33. Season the sauce with a little pepper.
34. 34. Add a pinch of sugar.
35. 35. Taste the sauce and adjust seasoning.
36. 36. Place the pasta on the plates.
37. 37. Pour the sauce over the pasta.
38. 38. Place the ham on top of the pasta.
39. 39. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 548
• Protein: 24 g · Fett/Fat: 24 g · Carbs: 61 g