Description
Make the creamiest, heartiest, easiest Vegan Pasta with Creamy Spinach Ricotta Sauce ever in just 20 minutes with a few key ingredients—pasta, spinach, tomatoes, shallots, garlic and vegan ricotta.
Ingredients
Scale
Pasta:
- Boiling water
- 8 ounces pasta (i.e., linguini, spaghetti), dried
- ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water
Vegan Spinach Ricotta Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large (2 ½ ounces) shallot, peeled, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced
- 2 teaspoons oregano
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon red chili flakes
- ¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
- 6 ounces fresh baby spinach
- 1 cup plant-based milk, plain, unsweetened
- ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water
- 8 ounces (1 cup) plant-based ricotta (i.e., Kite Hill, Tofutti, or home-made cashew cream*)
- 1 cup fresh cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
Instructions
- Fill a large pot half full with water and bring to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until al dente, according to package directions, drain water, reserving ½ cup for sauce. Cover with lid and set aside.
- Meanwhile, add olive oil to a large sauté pan and heat over medium.
- Add shallot and garlic and sauté for 4 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, oregano, black pepper, red chili flakes and salt and sauté for an additional 1 minute.
- Add spinach and sauté for an additional minute.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together plant-based milk, pasta water, and ricotta until smooth.
- Pour into sauté pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, until smooth and creamy.
- Add drained, cooked pasta and cherry tomatoes and cook for 1-2 minutes until mixture is heated through.
- Serve immediately. Makes about 2 quarts (4 servings, 2 cups each)
Notes
*You can substitute a home-made cashew cream for the ricotta. Follow instructions to make 1 cup of cashew cream, but don’t blend it until it is completely creamy. Blend the mixture until it has a slightly lumpy texture similar to ricotta. Use as directed in the recipe.
To make this recipe gluten-free use gluten-free pasta.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: American, Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 513
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 288 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 76 g
- Fiber: 9 g
- Protein: 19 g
