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Cheesy leek & spinach pasta
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Cheesy leek & spinach pasta

9 ingredients Serves 4 openrecipes
Cheesy leek & spinach pasta

Comfort food at its best - penne with a blue cheese and tomato cream sauce with added vegetables

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

617
Calories
18g
Protein
35g
Fat
60g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pasta 1 cup cooked (140g) 220
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Blue Cheese 1 oz (28g) 100
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • good knob of butter
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 large leeks , total weight about 450g/1lb, thinly sliced
  • 500g packets penne rigate or your favourite pasta shape
  • 200ml tub crème fraîche
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 125g packet Danish blue cheese , roughly diced
  • 8 sundried tomatoes in oil, drained and thinly sliced
  • 225g bag baby spinach leaves

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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