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Creamy spinach and garlic pasta

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Read about pasta in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
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  • 45 ml extra virgin olive oil
Heat a large fry pan over medium heat and add the olive oil.
One pan and Greek yogurt
Finely chop the shallot and roughly chop the garlic, then add both to the hot pan.
  • 1 whole shallot
  • 6 cloves garlic
Stir continuously for 2 to 3 minutes so nothing browns and everything sautes evenly.
  • 2 g dried oregano
  • ½ g dried thyme
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
Add the oregano, thyme, salt and pepper and mix through.
  • 720 ml vegetable broth
Add the vegetable broth, raise to high heat and bring to a boil.
  • 225 g pasta
  • 150 g fresh spinach
Add the pasta and stir every 2 minutes or so; cook 8 to 9 minutes until most of the broth is absorbed but liquid remains.
Lay the chopped spinach over the pasta in a flat layer, cover, lower to low-medium and simmer 3 to 4 minutes.
Turn off the heat, uncover and let sit a few minutes to cool slightly.
  • 1 container plain Greek yogurt
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
Stir in the room-temperature Greek yogurt with salt and pepper until well mixed. Cold yogurt will curdle.
Stirring in room-temperature yogurt
Loosen with more broth if the sauce is too thick, then serve from the pan or in bowls.