Don’t be fooled by this tasty Ricotta pasta recipe appearance it is full of flavour and will leave you wanting more!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup Ricotta cheese
400g fettuccine or spaghetti pasta, or your choice of pasta
2 cloves garlic ($0.16)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1 cup pasta water (the water in the bowl that you have cooked the pasta in)salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water, then drain and return pasta to pot.
While pasta is cooking heat a fry pan on medium high heat, add a drizzle of olive oil and saute garlic for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add ricotta and break up by stirring with a cooking spoon.
Then add parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup pasta water and simmer for 5 mins until mixture has become a thick cream. Add more pasta water if you’d like a thinner sauce.
Add mixture to strained pasta and stir through and coat the pasta in the sauce.
If you want to be a lil ‘fancy‘ you can sprinkle some chopped parsley on top of the dish, but not needed.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION – estimate only, per serve
CALORIES 405
PROTEIN 15g
FAT 16g
SODIUM 365mgCARBOHYDRATES 50g
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