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Bright green pici pasta

Pici Pasta

If you thought these were beans at first glance, I don't blame you! But they aren't, they are a vibrant green pasta called Pici pasta and gets it's mesmerizingly bright colour from spinach. They're so easy to make, don't require any fancy equipment like a pasta roller and they're so fun to eat as well. 
5 from 12 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • 120 g baby spinach
  • 180 g all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Add all of your ingredients to a food processor and blend for a couple of minutes until it forms a vibrant green and smooth dough. You might need to stop it half way and scrape the sides down but just trust the process. If your dough is a little too dry or wet, read below under Troubleshooting for how to fix it.
  • Transfer your dough to a bench and pinch off a small amount (about a tsp worth). With your hands, roll it into a long skinny shape that somewhat resembles a snake bean. Another great thing about pici pasta is that the size and shape really doesn't matter so don't worry at all if you can't get them perfect... Trust me, mine weren't in the slightest.
  • Drop you pici pasta into a pot of salted boiling water and boil for about 30 seconds to a minute or until they float to the surface.
  • You can top them with whatever sauce you like but I just tossed mine through some garlic butter because I didn't want to hide the pasta.