Tagliatelle with veal, spinach and saffron sauce

main dish
Total: 2 hr 45 min. | Active: 45 min.

Autumn is approaching and it's time for some soul food. After an adventurous summer full of colourful salads, BBQs and ice cream, we're now looking forward to warming ourselves up in the colder months with soups, stews and all kinds of creamy, cheesy dishes. Our homemade tagliatelle in a creamy veal, spinach and saffron sauce has a little bit of everything and tastes divine. Why not snuggle up on the sofa with a big bowl of this and even help yourself to seconds.

Recipe by:
Sue and Sibylle - Comme Soie

Ingredients

for 4 person

Pasta dough
400 g white flour
4  eggs
3 tbsp olive oil
Tagliatelle
a little  white flour
Sauce
3 tbsp butter
1  onion, finely chopped
350 g minced veal
250 g frozen chopped spinach, defrosted, drained
40 g grated Parmesan
2  eggs, beaten
¾ tsp salt
a little  pepper
5 dl single cream
1 parcel saffron threads (approx. 400 mg)
½ tsp salt
a little  pepper
Pasta
  salted water, boiling
a little  grated Parmesan

How it's done

Pasta dough

Empty the flour into a bowl. Add the eggs and oil, knead into a smooth dough using the dough hook on a food processor for approx. 10 mins. Shape into a ball, cover and leave to rest in the fridge for min. 2 hrs.

Tagliatelle

On a well-floured surface, roll out the dough in batches (approx. 20 x 35 cm) until translucent. Keep separating the dough from the work surface. Dust the pieces of dough with a little flour, roll up loosely, cut into strips approx. 1 cm wide.

Sauce

Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan. Add the onion, sauté for approx. 5 mins., add the meat, cook for approx. 5 mins. until all the liquid has evaporated. Place the meat and onions in a bowl. Squeeze out the spinach, add to the meat along with the cheese and eggs, mix, season. Heat the cream in a pan. Add the saffron, season, simmer for approx. 3 mins. Allow the cream to cool slightly, add to the meat.

Pasta

Cook the tagliatelle in boiling salted water for approx. 2 mins., drain, add to the bowl containing the sauce, mix until the sauce thickens. Serve with parmesan.

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