RECIPE: LONGGANISA and SPINACH PASTA

If you're a fan of reality cooking competitions, you'll be familiar with challenges where they provide the contestants with crazy ingredients and ask them to turn it into something mind-blowing.

I kind of gave myself the exact same challenge last Saturday.

I didn't wake up early enough to go to the market. I checked the ref and I had 4 pieces of longganisa hamonado and some spinach.

It was close to lunch and I decided to just make do with those 2 key ingredients. This dish turned out absolutely yummy and as with most pasta dishes, it tasted better the next day.

LONGGANISA SPINACH PASTA

Ingredients:

cooked pasta (I used about 400 grams)
olive oil
8 garlic cloves, minced
1 white onion, minced
chili flakes (optional)
4 pcs. longganisa, minced
a bunch of spinach leaves, chiffonade
salt and pepper
250 ml all purpose cream
grated parmesan cheese

1. Cook pasta accordingly. Set aside.
2. Heat some olive oil in a pan (if you want it a little spicy, this is when you add the chili flakes so it infuses with the olive oil) and add the longganisa. Fry until it turns golden brown.
3. Toss in the garlic and onions. Be careful not to burn them. Saute until the onions turn translucent.
4. Add the spinach. Give it a minute to get settled :)
5. Season with salt and pepper.
6. Pour the cream.
7. Add the cooked pasta. Fold pasta and sauce together using tongs.
8. Sprinkle a generous amount of grated parmesan cheese while mixing pasta. Turn off heat and eat!

Bon appetit!