
Purple cabbage spaghetti with Parmesan cream
Spaghetti dyed purple with red cabbage and served with a Parmesan cream. As eye-catching as they are tasty.
Original recipe by @cookwithgiulia
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Servings
- 4
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Posted on Instagram on 8 March 2021 · See the post
Method
- Cut the cabbage into strips and cook it for 10 min in plenty of salted water; keep the water, which will turn purple.
- Gently fry the onion in oil, add the drained cabbage and blend it with a little of the cooking water.
- Cook the spaghetti in the purple cabbage water so they take on the colour.
- Heat the milk without boiling and melt the Parmesan into it to make the cream.
- Mix the pasta with the cabbage cream and serve with the Parmesan cream and pepper.
Nutrition information
Automatic estimate based on the ingredients
| Nutrient | Serving ≈ 270 g | 100 g | % IR* | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 490 kcal | 181 kcal | 25 % | |
| Fat | 13 g | 4.8 g | 19 % | |
| of which saturates | 5.3 g | 2 g | 27 % | |
| Carbohydrate | 72 g | 27 g | 28 % | |
| of which sugars | 9.2 g | 3.4 g | 10 % | |
| Fibre | 4.9 g | 1.8 g | — | |
| Protein | 21 g | 7.8 g | 42 % | |
| Salt | 1.5 g | 0.5 g | 25 % |
*Reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ / 2000 kcal). Approximate values, not accounting for losses during cooking.
How it was calculated
Assumed quantities (the recipe doesn't give them):
- Extra virgin olive oil: 5 g per serving
- Salt: 1 g per serving
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