Posted on September 8, 2013September 5, 2017 by Gluten Free Recipes Admin
This gluten free spinach pasta recipe is adapted from my Gluten Free Egg Noodle Recipe. You may be surprised that spinach pasta does not contain a lot of spinach, but it certainly is healthier to include it than not. Spinach pasta brings color to meal and a bit of savory flavor. You cannot tell it contains spinach when you taste it, especially if you use a flavorful sauce. I tested mine out with my latest Gluten Free Bechamel Saucemixed with Parmesan cheese. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Note: At the above link to the egg noodles recipe, you will be able to view step-by-step photos.
Gluten Free Spinach Pasta Recipe
5
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: Serves 2 to 6 as a main dish; 4 to 10 as a side.
A homemade gluten free spinach pasta with a texture very similar to homemade gluten pasta.
Ingredients:
- 3 oz. frozen, cooked spinach or defrosted frozen and chilled
- 1/2 cup potato starch
- 1/2 cup cornstarch + 1/2 - 3/4 cup more for kneading + more for dusting (or more potato starch)
- 4 1/2 teaspoons xanthan gum (or guar gum)
- 1/3 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Instructions:
- Defrost the spinach and squeeze all of the water out of it.
- In the bowl of your food processor, whisk the starches, xanthan gum, and salt together.
- Add strands of spinach to the top of the flour and pulse a few times.
- Add the eggs and oil and mix continuously for about 4 minutes. It will be light green at first and then it get darker as it mixes.
- Transfer the dough to a heavily dusted rolling surface and need for abut 10 minutes or until no longer sticky and the seams no longer show. Add more starch, as needed during kneading.
- Shape the dough into the shape of a log and cut it into 4 pieces (they don't have to be equal). Wrap the three other pieces in plastic wrap or place in a ziplock bag.
- Using your hands, shape one piece of dough into a rectangle, about 3 x 5-inches. Transfer it to a moderately starch dusted rolling surface and roll it out as thin as possible, about 10 x 10-inches. Flip the dough over several times and slightly dust with starch, as needed. If you are using a pastry rolling machine, dust the dough before each run through. Repeat this process with the remaining three pieces of dough.
- Fold the dough twice, but do not flatten it.
- Cut it in half, stack them, and slice about 1/4-inch thick. Unfold each strip and place in stacks.
- Cook the pasta in boiling water for about 10 minutes or to your desired tenderness. You may also store the pasta in piles in freezer bags.
- Drain the pasta and rinse it with cold water. This stops the pasta from cooking further and from sticking together. Serve the pasta with a piping hot sauce.
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“Loved your spinach pasta recipe today with potato starch instead of tapioca. Thanks!”
~J.G.
Replyi can’t have potato starch or cornstarch… Not allowed to have potato, rice, or corn for the rest of my life… Suggestion?
ReplyDoes this re-heat well? Or can it only be eaten the night it’s cooked?
ReplyStephanie,
This pasta recipe reheats better than any gluten free pasta I have ever had. If you read the comments below, you’ll find one about how it reheats in soup well without becoming mushy.
Enjoy!
CarlaReply
Is their a substitute for corn starch? I’m intolerant.
Thanks!ReplyGloria,
Potato starch. Learn more at http://glutenfreerecipebox.com/gluten-free-substitutes/
Carla
Reply
I can’t use anything potato, what other flour can be used?
Thanks
JayneReplyJayne,
Cornstarch is a great substitute for potato starch. In the future, you may find the Substitute page useful: http://glutenfreerecipebox.com/gluten-free-substitutes/.
Enjoy!
CarlaReplyCan these noodles be dried and stored?
ReplyMelissa,
You can dry and store any pasta, but freezing it is best. It preserves the freshness. I store them in individual, quart-size freezer bags.
Carla
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