MUSHROOM AND SPINACH TAGLIATELLE
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- bunch spring onions
- finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves
- finely chopped
- 10 button or chestnut mushrooms
- finely sliced
- 200g/7oz fresh spinach
- washed
- 1 x 200ml7fl oz tub crème fraîche
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 300g/10½oz dried tagliatelle
Directions
- Heat the oil in a pan and gently fry the spring onions and garlic for a few minutes
- or until pale golden-brown. Add the mushrooms and fry over a high heat for 8-10 minutes
- or until the water has evaporated. Tip the spinach into the pan
- and stir regularly as it wilts. Continue cooking over a medium heat until most of the water has evaporated.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the crème fraîche. Return the pan to the heat
- bring to the boil
- and simmer for a few minutes
- or until the sauce has thickened. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Meanwhile
- cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water
- according to packet instructions. Once cooked
- drain the pasta
- and toss with the mushroom and spinach sauce. Serve immediately.

