Spinach Pici Pasta is an authentic and rustic pasta recipe, consisting of hand-rolled spaghetti-style pasta that’s lightly boiled and then served with a simple garlic butter sauce!
Today, I’ve included spinach to this pici pasta, giving the pasta a punch of vibrant green color and nutrition. Even better is the fact that this pasta is completely eggless and can be made without any special pasta equipment.
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🗝️ Recipe’s key points
- This spinach pici pasta is made with simple ingredients and requires no special equipment.
- It’s a great pasta to make as a beginner pasta maker or someone who has never made their own pasta before.
- This recipe is perfect for those allergic to eggs as the dough-like pasta is only made with flour, spinach, oil, and salt!
Spinach Pici Pasta is a hearty and chewy pasta dish. Pair it with a light or heavy sauce as a delicious and authentic Italian meal.
🛒 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You’ll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
Spinach Pici Pasta
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- baby spinach leaves
- flour — all-purpose
- olive oil — extra virgin
- Kosher salt — for cooking the pasta
Garlic Butter Sauce
- butter — we use unsalted
- garlic — crushed
- kosher salt
- black pepper– we like the freshly ground or restaurant grade pepper
- red pepper flakes — add more or less to your spicy liking
- pasta water — for making a thicker sauce
- Parmesan cheese — freshly grated is best
🗒 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Add the flour and baby spinach in a food processor (or blender).
- Pulse together until all the spinach is broken down.
- Slowly pour in the olive oil with the food processor still on.
- The mixture will start to thicken in the food processor.
- Stop to test the consistency and continue if needed.
- Once the dough is starting to stick together, it’s time to transfer the dough to the rolling station.
- Pull off gumball sized pieces of dough and roll them with your hands into thick spaghetti pieces.
- Boil slightly salted water and boil the pasta for about 1.5 minutes, or until the pasta floats to the top of the pot. Set the cooked pasta aside while preparing the butter garlic sauce.
- Melt the butter over medium heat in a skillet.
- Add the minced garlic.
- Pour in the pasta water, ¼ a cup at a time as the sauce starts to cook down.
- Sprinkle in salt, pepper and red pepper flakes.
- Place the spinach Pici pasta in the pan and coat it in the sauce.
- Grate parmesan cheese over the plated spinach Pici pasta and enjoy!
🥫 Storage
Store leftover spinach pici pasta in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing pici pasta as the texture will likely change from the freezing and thawing process.
📚 Variations
👩🏻🍳 Tips
- You’ll need reserved pasta water to make the sauce. Don’t discard the pasta water once the spinach pici pasta has boiled, but rather set it aside.
- Try to roll the pici pasta strands the same thickness so that they all cook at the same rate.
- I like to add olive oil to this pasta recipe as pici pasta can dry out easily and crack. The oil keeps the pasta silky and smooth.
🤔 FAQs
Pici pasta is thicker than traditional spaghetti. It is hand-rolled which makes it appear more rustic than spaghetti.
Pici is a Tuscan type of pasta, typically made from flour and water.
“Pici” comes from the term “appiciare” which refers to the manual way of traditionally making this pasta by hand-rolling.
Pici is also referred to as “Pinci” pasta and can be found on most menus as a simple hand-rolled pasta.
Pici is also known as pinzi, umbricelli, strangozzi, lunghetti, ciriole, and serpentelli.
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🍽 What to serve with Pici pasta
Spinach Pici Pasta is great with a light sauce, like the butter garlic sauce in this recipe, or a heavier sauce. It also pairs beautifully with the addition of roasted tomatoes.
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Who needs store-bought pasta when you can whip up your own vibrant and flavorful Tuscan pici at home? This recipe transforms basic ingredients into jaw-dropping delicious noodles that are begging to be speared with your fork. This simple homemade rustic pasta will have you feeling like a master chef in no time. With just flour, spinach, and olive oil, you’ll be rolling out sensational noodles that would make any Italian nonna proud!
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Hand Rolled Tuscan Spinach Pici Pasta With Butter Garlic Sauce
Enjoy this simple Tuscan Spinach Pici Pasta, coated in butter garlic sauce, and topped with freshly shredded parmesan cheese. A comforting main meal that can be easily adapted and served all year round!
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Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 718kcal
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Ingredients
Spinach pici pasta
- 1 approx. 114 grams box of spinach 114 grams
- 1 cup of flour
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- Pinch of salt
Garlic Butter Sauce
- 4 clove garlic
- 3 tablespoon butter
- ½ cup pasta water
- Salt
- Pepper
- Red pepper flakes
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Spinach Pici Pasta:
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Put flour and spinach in food processor (or blender)
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Pulse together until all the spinach is broken down
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Slowly pour in the olive oil while continuing to run your food processor
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When the dough is starting to stick together it’s time to take the dough to your rolling station
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Pull off gumball sized pieces of dough and roll into spaghetti pieces
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Boil slightly salted water
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Place pasta into boiling water
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Boil for approx. 1 and a half minutes, or until the pasta floats to the top of the pot
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Add pasta to sauce of choice and enjoy!
Garlic Butter Sauce
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Finely mince garlic
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Melt down butter over medium heat on stove top
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Add garlic to pan
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Add pasta water to the sauce ¼ a cup at a time as it cooks down
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Add salt, pepper and red pepper flakes
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Put Spinach Pici Pasta in pan, coat in sauce
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Plate up the Spinach Pici Pasta, great parmesan cheese and enjoy!
Notes
Storage: Leftover spinach pici pasta can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. I don’t recommend freezing it, as the texture will likely change from the freezing and thawing process.
Nutrition
Calories: 718kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 54g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 31g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 186mg | Potassium: 414mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 0.5g | Vitamin A: 5870IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 5mg
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