Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta

Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta is a pasta recipe ready in 30 min. It makes 3 servings, each 700 kcal with 19 g protein. Beginner level, 15 ingredients.

Recipe by @essen_paradies, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 30 min20 min hands-on
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 700kcal a serving
  • 19 gprotein
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Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta

What is Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta

Pasta in a smooth sauce of pan-charred tomatoes blended with parmesan and a little cream, finished with spinach and mascarpone.

How to make Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta

Tips from the cook

  • Use ripe, firm tomatoes. Cherry or plum tomatoes work but cook differently; good canned whole tomatoes do in a pinch.
  • Blend the sauce until completely smooth, and add the mascarpone right at the end.
  • Cream cheese or cream works instead of mascarpone, pecorino instead of parmesan.
  • Stir chilli oil or chilli flakes into the sauce for more heat.
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Meal prep and storage

Best fresh; keeps up to 2 days in the fridge. Reheat gently with a splash of cream or stock.

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Creamy Spinach Tomato Pasta substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

Parmesan2 options
  • Vegetarian hard Italian-style cheese (made with microbial rennet) 1:1 by weight

    Grana Padano contains egg lysozyme.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Nutritional yeast (fortified flakes) 1:1 by volume, add a pinch of salt

    No melt; less sharp.

Heavy cream2 options
  • Oat cooking cream (GF-labelled) or soy cream 1:1

    Does not whip.

    Still contains soy.

  • Coconut cream (top layer of can) 1:1

    Coconut flavour.

Vegetable stock2 options
  • Celery-free vegetable stock (check label) 1:1 by volume
  • Water + salt + pinch of herbs 1:1

    Less depth.

Pasta1 option
  • Gluten-free pasta (corn/rice or corn-rice blend) 1:1 by weight; cook per packet, slightly al dente

    Soups (goes soft fast) and long simmers.

Mascarpone2 options
  • Full-fat cream cheese loosened with a splash of milk or cream 1:1 by weight

    Slightly tangier.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Plant-based cream cheese (check label) 1:1

    Many are nut- or soy-based; can split when boiled.

    Still contains soy and tree nuts.

Chilli oil1 option
  • Leave out (garnish/to serve) leave out (garnish only)

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