Spinach Sauce Recipes

SPINACH ALFREDO SAUCE (BETTER THAN OLIVE GARDEN®)

Steps:

• Heat butter in a saucepan over low heat; cook spinach in the melted butter until warmed, about 1 minute. Add cream and cream cheese to spinach mixture; cook and stir until cream cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
• Fold Parmesan cheese and garlic powder into spinach mixture; season with salt and pepper. Simmer until sauce is thickened and smooth, about 10 more minutes.

CREAMED SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it. Plunge the spinach into the boiling water, and cook for no more than a minute; transfer to an ice bath with a slotted spoon. Drain well, and squeeze with your hands to remove as much water as possible.
• Put the cream and spinach in a blender or food processor, and purée. Transfer the mixture to a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the butter, and sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg if you're using it. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture gently bubbles and thickens; add more cream for a thinner sauce. Taste, and adjust the seasoning and serve hot.

SPINACH WITH TAHINI SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix 1 tablespoon tahini, 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce and 1 teaspoon each rice vinegar, sugar and water until smooth. Cook 1 pound spinach (not baby) in salted water until tender, 1 to 2 minutes. Plunge into a bowl of ice water, drain and squeeze dry. Toss with 1 teaspoon sesame oil and season with salt. Drizzle with the tahini sauce and toasted sesame seeds.

GARLIC SAUTEED SPINACH

Steps:

• Rinse the spinach well in cold water to make sure it's very clean. Spin it dry in a salad spinner, leaving just a little water clinging to the leaves.
• In a very large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil and saute the garlic over medium heat for about 1 minute, but not until it's browned. Add all the spinach, the salt, and pepper to the pot, toss it with the garlic and oil, cover the pot, and cook it for 2 minutes. Uncover the pot, turn the heat on high, and cook the spinach for another minute, stirring with a wooden spoon, until all the spinach is wilted. Using a slotted spoon, lift the spinach to a serving bowl and top with the butter, a squeeze of lemon, and a sprinkling of sea or kosher salt. Serve hot.

PENNE WITH SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the penne and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes.
• Mince the garlic in a food processor. Add the goat cheese, cream cheese, 3/4 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, and half of the spinach leaves. Blend until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Set the cheese and spinach mixture aside.
• Meanwhile, place the remaining spinach leaves in a large bowl.
• Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Spoon the pasta atop the spinach leaves in the bowl. Scrape the cheese and spinach mixture over the pasta mixture and toss to coat, adding enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten. Season the pasta, to taste, with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the Parmesan over and serve.

PASTA WITH SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook noodles in a large pot of boiling water until al dente. Drain.
• Meanwhile prepare the sauce. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onions, and ham if desired. Cook until onion is transparent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic, and cook for 30 seconds. Stir in thawed spinach. Mix in sour cream, cream of celery soup, and Parmesan cheese. Reduce heat to low, and heat through.
• Serve spinach sauce over spaghetti or egg noodles.

SPINACH AND RICOTTA CHEESE SAUCE FOR PASTA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan and fry the onion on a gentle heat until soft but not browned.
• Add the thyme, garlic (if using) and spinach.
• Continue to cook on low heat until the spinach leaves have wilted, approximately 2-3 minutes. If you're spinach was very wet and there is a lot of water in the pan, drain some off otherwise the sauce will be very runny. If you're not sure drain it into a separate bowl you can always add some later if you feel it's too thick.
• Add the ricotta cheese and mix, using a wooden spoon, until it forms a smooth sauce.
• Season, using nutmeg (I use more than stated above, but then I really like nutmeg), salt, freshly ground pepper and powdered vegetable stock to taste.
• Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts and serve straight away on your favourite pasta.

SALMON WITH SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine spinach, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and garlic salt; cover and refrigerate until serving., Place trivet insert and 1 cup water in a 3- or 6-qt. electric pressure cooker. Place salmon on trivet; sprinkle with lemon pepper and top with lemon slices. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 3 minutes. Quick-release pressure. A thermometer inserted in fish should read at least 145°., Discard lemon slices. Serve salmon with spinach sauce.

FUSILLI WITH GLORIOUS GREEN SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile put half the spinach in a food processor with the garlic, mascarpone, lemon juice and Parmesan, then whizz to a smooth sauce.
• Drain the pasta thoroughly and return to the pan over a low heat. Stir in the sauce, pine nuts and remaining spinach, until the spinach has just wilted. Season and serve with extra Parmesan sprinkled over.

QUICK AND EASY SAUTEED SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach to the skillet and cover; allow to cook 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic salt and cover again for another 5 minutes; remove from heat. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

FASTEST PASTA WITH SPINACH SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it. Meanwhile, mince the garlic as finely as possible and combine it in the bottom of a warm bowl with the red pepper flakes, olives and olive oil.
• Place the pasta in the pot, and cook until it is nearly done (test it for doneness by tasting). Plunge the spinach into the water, and cook until it wilts, less than a minute. Drain quickly, allowing some water to cling to the pasta, and toss pasta and spinach in the bowl with the garlic and olive mixture. Season with salt and pepper, and serve.

WHITE SAUCE WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Measure flour into saucepan. Slowly whisk in milk to avoid lumps.
• Cook over medium-high heat until thick and bubbly, making sure you stir constantly. Reduce heat to low-medium.
• Stir in the garlic powder, nutmeg and parmesan. Simmer 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in the spinach. (If you are using for pasta sauce, you may have to warm up the sauce).

PASTA WITH SPINACH-BASIL SAUCE

Steps:

• In small saucepan, heat olive oil over medium-low heat. Cook shallots, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, submerge spinach and basil in a large pot of simmering salted water; drain immediately. Squeeze out as much liquid as possible; transfer spinach and basil to a food processor.
• Add shallots, ricotta, Parmesan, and nutmeg; season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Process until smooth.
• Cook pasta until al dente, according to package instructions. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water. Toss pasta with spinach sauce; thin with pasta water, as needed. Serve with extra grated Parmesan, if desired.

SAUTEED SPINACH CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter over medium heat in medium saucepan.
• Add chopped spinach.
• Cook and stir for 5 minutes.
• Add 2 tablespoons whipping cream, Kosher salt, and ground black pepper.
• Cook and stir for 30 seconds or until heated through.
• Serve over baked chicken.

SPINACH PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook and crumble sausage until browned; drain. Add mushrooms, carrot, green pepper and onion; saute for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, sauce, paste, Parmesan, broth and seasonings; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add spinach; heat through. Serve over pasta; top with mozzarella and bacon.

CREAMED SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat 25g butter in a saucepan, then add 1 finely chopped small onion and cook for 5 mins until softened.
• Stir in 2 tbsp plain flour and cook for 2 mins, then slowly start to whisk in 200ml full-fat milk. When it has all been incorporated, gently cook for 5 mins until the sauce has thickened.
• Meanwhile, place two 200g bags spinach in a large colander. Pour over a kettle full of boiling water until the leaves have wilted (you may have to do this twice).
• Place the spinach in a clean dishcloth, squeeze out any excess liquid, then roughly chop.
• Stir into the sauce with 100ml single cream, gently heat, then finely grate over some fresh nutmeg and season well.

SPINACH AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash and remove stems of spinach, place in a large pot and fill a quarter of the way with water, add salt if desired.
• Bring to a boil and press down spinach, as it wilts, into boiling water.
• Cover for 5 minutes. Than drain and remove most of the water but not necessary to remove all. Set aside.
• Heat olive oil in medium saucepan, cook diced onion and garlic 5 -7 minutes just until translucent.
• Add diced tomatoes, bouillon cubes, basil, pinch of sugar and Salt and pepper to saucepan.
• Bring to just a boil than lower heat to medium low and cook for 20 minutes.
• While that's cooking use the same pot that you boiled the spinach in to boil more water for your pasta and cook according to package directions.
• Chop already cooked spinach.
• During the last 5 minutes of cooking pasta add the spinach to your tomato sauce.
• Drain pasta and put back into pot, add a ladel full of sauce and mix so spaghetti does not stick together.
• Place pasta on serving plates and spoon sauce over pasta.
• Sprinkle with Romano cheese and serve.

CREAMY SPINACH PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute garlic in butter over very low heat for 2 minutes.
• Add wine, bring to a boil, add spinach and reduce heat to low.
• Add cream cheese and stir until melted.
• Add milk, increase heat to medium high and stir until sauce is smooth and heated through.
• Remove from heat, add Parmesan and stir until cheese melts.
• Serve over hot, drained pasta.