Prosciutto Penne With Spinach Recipe

Recipe By Real Simple

The secret ingredient to an amazing, restaurant-worthy pasta recipe like this one is shockingly simple. Its just water Pasta water, that is. Using just cup of the leftover penne cooking liquid adds starchy body to the pan sauce, which helps the flavors to emulsify into a rich coating thats full of flavor and body. The liquid pulls the salty pan drippings from the prosciutto and the garlicky oil and slicks it onto each tube of pasta. Thats why penne is great for a dish like this onethe ridges encourage sauce to stick and the tube traps delicious pockets of sauce. And by the way, this simple pasta water technique is the kind of back-pocket trick that you can pull out with any pasta dish.

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Ingredients for Prosciutto Penne With Spinach Recipe

  • 3 ounce Penne or other short pasta
  • 0.06 cup Olive oil
  • 1 ounce Prosciutto, torn
  • 1 Cloves Garlic, Finely Chopped
  • 1.25 ounce Baby spinach
  • 0.19 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 0.13 teaspoon Black pepper
  • 0.13 teaspoon Lemon zest
Nutrition
value
413
calories per serving
19 g Fat21 g Protein73 g Carbs5 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    19g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Carbs
    73g
  • Fiber
    5g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    73g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Fiber
    5g

Fats

  • Fat
    19g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    235mg
  • Iron
    4mg
  • Vitamin A
    936mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    2mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    57mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    < 1mcg
  • Vitamin C
    12mg
  • Vitamin E
    3mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    95mg
  • Manganese
    2mg
  • Phosphorus
    324mg
  • Selenium
    10mcg
  • Zinc
    2mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By Real Simple